Scale-free dynamics and critical phenomena in cortical activity

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 APR, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Boonstra, Tjeerd W ^a,b,c   He, Biyu J ^d   Daffertshofer, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL POPULATION; EDITORIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84883818829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00079     Document Type: Editorial

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