Modeling Phase Transitions in the Brain

1. Phase transitions in single neurons and neural populations: Critical slowing, anesthesia, and sleep cycles
D.A. Steyn-Ross, M.L. Steyn-Ross, M.T. Wilson, J.W. Sleigh

2. Generalized state-space models for modeling nonstationary EEG time-series
A. Galka, K.K.F. Wong, T. Ozaki

3. Spatiotemporal instabilities in neural fields and the effects of additive noise
Axel Hutt

4. Spontaneous brain dynamics emerges at the edge of instability
V.K. Jirsa, A. Ghosh

5. Limited spreading: How hierarchical networks prevent the transition to the epileptic state
M. Kaiser, J. Simonotto

6. Bifurcations and state changes in the human alpha rhythm: Theory and experiment
D.T.J. Liley, I. Bojak, M.P. Dafilis, L. Veen, F. Frascoli, B.L. Foster

7. Inducing transitions in mesoscopic brain dynamics
Hans Liljenström

8. Phase transitions in physiologically-based multiscale mean-field brain models
P.A. Robinson, C.J. Rennie, A.J.K. Phillips, J.W. Kim, J.A. Roberts

9. A continuum model for the dynamics of the phase transition from slow-wave sleep to REM sleep
J.W. Sleigh, M.T. Wilson, L.J. Voss, D.A. Steyn-Ross, M.L. Steyn-Ross, X. Li

10. What can a mean-field model tell us about the dynamics of the cortex?
M.T. Wilson, M.L. Steyn-Ross, D.A. Steyn-Ross, J.W. Sleigh, I.P. Gillies, D.J. Hailstone

11. Phase transitions, cortical gamma, and the selection and read-out of information stored in synapses
J.J. Wright

12. Cortical patterns and gamma genesis are modulated by reversal potentials and gap-junction diffusion
M.L. Steyn-Ross, D.A. Steyn-Ross, M.T. Wilson, J.W. Sleigh

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