Neuronal avalanches in the resting MEG of the human brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 7079-7090

  Shriki, Oren ^a   Alstott, Jeff ^a,b   Carver, Frederick ^a   Holroyd, Tom ^a   Henson, Richard N A ^c   Smith, Marie L ^c,d   Coppola, Richard ^a   Bullmore, Edward ^b,e   Plenz, Dietmar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876266081     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4286-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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