Continuum limit of discrete neuronal structures: Is cortical tissue an "excitable" medium?

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 347-358

  Van Hemmen, J L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; DENDRIMERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY; PROBABILITY; TISSUE;

CORTICAL TISSUES; HALLUCINOGENS; NEURONS; STOCHASTICITY;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 10844244757     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-004-0530-2     Document Type: Article

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