Catastrophe theory enables moves to be detected towards and away from self-organization: The example of epileptic seizure onset

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 459-468

  Cerf, Roger ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier de Rouffach   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC ADHESIVES;

EPILEPTIC SEIZURE; HOMEOSTATIC FEEDBACK; THORN'S CATASTROPHE THEORY;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CHILD; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CHILD; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646385858     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-006-0060-1     Document Type: Article

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