Statistical mechanics of the neocortex

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 99, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 53-86

  Buice, Michael A ^a   Cowan, Jack D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical branching; Criticality; Directed percolation; Epilepsy; Field theory; Neocortex; Random and rhythmic activity; Scaling laws; Spike model; Statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; PROBABILITY;

EID: 70049092935     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2009.07.003     Document Type: Review

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