Information capacity and transmission are maximized in balanced cortical networks with neuronal avalanches

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-63

  Shew, Woodrow L ^a   Yang, Hongdian ^a,b   Yu, Shan ^a   Roy, Rajarshi ^b   Plenz, Dietmar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTRODE; ENTROPY; EVOKED RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MACACA; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENTROPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; QUINOXALINES; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VALINE;

EID: 78650868298     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4637-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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