Dynamical synapses causing self-organized criticality in neural networks

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 857-860

  Levina, A ^a   Herrmann, J M ^a   Geisel, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); SLIP FORMING; STICK-SLIP;

COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITY; CRITICAL BEHAVIOUR; DYNAMICAL SYNAPSIS; NEURONAL AVALANCHES; OPTIMAL TRANSMISSION; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICAL; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY; SPIKING NEURAL NETWORKS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 36749042711     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys758     Document Type: Article

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