Cortical attractor network dynamics with diluted connectivity

Brain Research

Volumn 1434, Issue , 2012, Pages 212-225

  Rolls, Edmund T ^a,b   Webb, Tristan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractor network; Decision making; Diluted connectivity; Fano factor; Neural encoding; Noise; Stochastic neurodynamics; Variability of firing

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS;

EID: 84856605915     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.08.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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