Towards a comprehensive theory of brain activity: : Coupled oscillator systems under external forces

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 62-86

  Frank, T D ^a   Daffertshofer, A ^a   Peper, C E ^a   Beek, P J ^a   Haken, H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

05.40.+j; 87.10.+e; Bifurcation theory; Hysteresis; Nonlinear Fokker Planck equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040778278     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(00)00071-3     Document Type: Article

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