Neural Masses and Fields: Modelling the Dynamics of Brain Activity

• Main Author: Dimitris Pinotsis (auth)
• Other Authors: Peter Robinson (auth), Karl Friston (auth), Peter beim Graben (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; neural disorders; self-organization; Electroencephalogram; neural networks; Electrophysiology; Integro-differential equations; neural field theory; neural masses; oscillations; anaesthesia
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Biophysical modelling of brain activity has a long and illustrious history and has recently profited from technological advances that furnish neuroimaging data at an unprecedented spatiotemporal resolution. Neuronal modelling is a very active area of research, with applications ranging from the char...