Sustained activity in hierarchical modular neural networks: Self-organized criticality and oscillations

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wang, Sheng Jun ^a   Hilgetag, Claus C ^b   Zhou, Changsong ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balanced networks; Hierarchical modular networks; Neural avalanche; Self organized criticality; Slow oscillations; Sustained activity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS;

EXTERNAL STIMULATION; HIERARCHICAL NEURAL NETWORKS; MODULAR ARCHITECTURES; MODULAR NETWORK; MODULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY; SLOW OSCILLATIONS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

BRAIN;

AVALANCHE; BRAIN FUNCTION; EXCITATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODEL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; STIMULUS;

EID: 84865730225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2011.00030     Document Type: Article

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