Criticality as a signature of healthy neural systems

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Massobrio, Paolo ^a   de Arcangelis, Lucilla ^b   Pasquale, Valentina ^c   Jensen, Henrik J ^d   Plenz, Dietmar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical exponents; Criticality; Healthy neural systems; Network dynamics; Neuronal avalanches; Power law

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; EDITORIAL; INTENSIVE CARE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 84925061914     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00022     Document Type: Editorial

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