Neuronal avalanches imply maximum dynamic range in cortical networks at criticality

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 49, 2009, Pages 15595-15600

  Shew, Woodrow L ^a   Yang, Hongdian ^a,b   Petermann, Thomas ^a   Roy, Rajarshi ^b   Plenz, Dietmar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; MICROELECTRODE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPAMINE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MESENCEPHALON; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 71849090030     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3864-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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