Gap junctions modulate seizures in a mean-field model of general anesthesia for the cortex

Cognitive Neurodynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 215-225

  Steyn Ross, Moira L ^a   Steyn Ross, D Alistair ^a   Sleigh, Jamie W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Hopf oscillations; Mean field cortical model; Nonlinear interactions; Phase coherence; Seizure; Turing patterns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; GAP JUNCTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; OSCILLATION; PHASE TRANSITION; SEIZURE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STEADY STATE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84865743342     PISSN: 18714080     EISSN: 18714099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11571-012-9194-0     Document Type: Article

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