Stability and synchronization of random brain networks with a distribution of connection strengths

Neurocomputing

Volumn 71, Issue 7-9, 2008, Pages 1373-1387

  Gray, R T ^a,b   Robinson, P A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical networks; Network spectra; Oscillatory networks; Random matrices; Stability analysis; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STABILITY; SYNCHRONIZATION;

BRAIN ACTIVITY; CORTICAL NETWORK; RANDOM MATRIX THEORY;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCULATION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; VARIANCE;

EID: 40749084453     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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