3 papers
q-bio.NC2010
Information capacity and transmission are maximized in balanced cortical networks with neuronal avalanches
Woodrow L. Shew, Hongdian Yang, Shan Yu +2
The repertoire of neural activity patterns that a cortical network can produce constrains the network's ability to transfer and process information. Here, we measured activity patt…
q-bio.NC2009
Neuronal avalanches imply maximum dynamic range in cortical networks at criticality
Woodrow L. Shew, Hongdian Yang, Thomas Petermann +2
Spontaneous neuronal activity is a ubiquitous feature of cortex. Its spatiotemporal organization reflects past input and modulates future network output. Here we study whether a pa…
q-bio.NC2005
Comment on ``Critical branching captures activity in living neural networks and maximizes the number of metastable states''
Dietmar Plenz
It is shown that, contrary to the claims in a recent letter by Haldeman and Beggs (PRL, 94, 058101, 2005), the branching ratio in epileptic cortical cultures is smaller than one. I…