Nonlinear brain dynamics and many-body field dynamics

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-241

  Freeman, Walter J ^a   Vitiello, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neocortex; Neurodynamics; Nonlinear brain dynamics; Phase transitions; Quantum field theory

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 30344487550     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15368370500379608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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