Dynamic effective connectivity of inter-areal brain circuits

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Battaglia, Demian ^a,b   Witt, Annette ^a,b,c   Wolf, Fred ^a,b   Geisel, Theo ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^b BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURONS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ANALYTIC APPROACH; BRAIN AREAS; BRAIN CIRCUITS; BRAIN RHYTHMS; EFFECTIVE CONNECTIVITIES; INFORMATION FLOWS; NEURAL ACTIVITY; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; NEURONAL CIRCUITS; STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITY;

BRAIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN RHYTHM; CAUSAL MODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EFFECTIVE CONNECTIVITY; FIRING RATE; INTER AREAL BRAIN CIRCUIT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURAL INFORMATION PROCESSING; OSCILLATION; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861128909     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002438     Document Type: Article

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