Characterization of K-Complexes and Slow Wave Activity in a Neural Mass Model

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Weigenand, Arne ^a   Schellenberger Costa, Michael ^a,b   Ngo, Hong Viet Victor ^a,b   Claussen, Jens Christian ^a,c   Martinetz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; SLEEP RESEARCH; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COMPLEX WAVES; CORTEXES; K-COMPLEX; NEURAL MASS MODELS; POPULATION LEVELS; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW OSCILLATIONS; SLOW WAVE; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS; WAVE ACTIVITY;

HOPF BIFURCATION;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DENDRITE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NEURAL MASS MODEL; NEUROMODULATION; NONREM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURONS; SLEEP;

EID: 84912139653     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003923     Document Type: Article

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