The use of many-body physics and thermodynamics to describe the dynamics of rhythmic generators in sensory cortices engaged in memory and learning

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-12

  Vitiello, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MACROSCOPIC FUNCTIONING; CONNECTOME; DIPOLE WAVE QUANTA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM THEORY; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SPONTANEOUS BREAKDOWN OF SYMMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ACTIVITY; HEAT TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PERCEPTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84904893419     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.07.017     Document Type: Review

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