Neuronal Avalanches in Neocortical Circuits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 35, 2003, Pages 11167-11177

  Beggs, John M ^a,b   Plenz, Dietmar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching process; Cortex; Multielectrode array; Organotypic culture; Power law; Self organized criticality

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; MODEL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0348010295     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-35-11167.2003     Document Type: Article

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