Criticality in Neural Systems

Leading authorities in the field review current knowledge of critical behavior in brain function, both experimental and theoretical. The book begins by summarizing experimental evidence for self-organized criticality in the brain. Subsequently, recent breakthroughs in modeling of neuronal circuits to establish self-organized criticality are described. Finally, the importance of critical dynamics for brain function is highlighted.

Neuronal Avalanches in Cortical Networks
Dietmar Plenz
 
The Dynamic Brain in Action: Coordinative Structures,
Criticality and Coordination Dynamics
J. A. Scott Kelso
 
Critical Brain Dynamics at Large Scale
Dante R Chialvo
 
The Correlation of the Neuronal Long-range Temporal Correlations, Avalanche Dynamics with the Behavioral Scaling Laws and Interindividual Variability
J. Matias Palva and Satu Palva
 
The Turbulent Human Brain
Arnold. J. Mandell, Stephen E. Robinson, Karen A. Selz, Constance Schrader, Tom Holroyd and Richard Coppola
 
Thermodynamic Model of Criticality in the Cortex Based on EEG/ECoG Data
Robert Kozma, Marko Puljic and Walter J. Freeman
 
Neuronal Avalanches in the Human Brain
Oren Shriki and Dietmar Plenz
 
Critical Slowing and Perception
Karl Friston, Michael Breakspear and Gustavo Deco
 
Self-organized Criticality in Neural Network Models
Matthias Rybarsch and Stefan Bornholdt
 
Single Neuron Response Fluctuations: A Self-organized Criticality Point of View
Asaf Gal and Shimon Marom
 
Activity Dependent Model for Neuronal Avalanches
Lucilla de Arcangelis and Hans J. Herrmann
 
The Neuronal Network Oscillation as a Critical Phenomenon
Richard Hardstone, Huibert D. Mansvelder, Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen
 
Critical Exponents, Universality Class & Thermodynamic: The "Temperature" Of the Brain
Shan Yu, Hongdian Yang, Oren Shriki and Dietmar Plenz
 
Peak Variability and Optimal Performance in Cortical Networks at Criticality
Hongdian Yang, Woodrow L. Shew, Rajarshy Roy, and Dietmar Plenz
 
Criticality At Work: How Do Critical Networks Respond to Stimuli?
Mauro Copelli
 
Critical Dynamics in Complex Networks
Daniel B. Larremore, Woodrow L. Shew, Juan G. Restrepo
 
Mechanisms of Self-organized Criticality in Adaptive Networks
Thilo Gross, Anne-Ly Do, Felix Droste, and Christian Meisel
 
Cortical Networks with Lognormal Synaptic Connectivity and their Implications in Neuronal Avalanches
Tomoki Fukai, Vladimir Klinshov and Jun-nosuke Teramae
 
Jump Right In: Transitions to Criticality in Neural Systems with Dynamic Synapses
Anna Levina, J. Michael Herrmann, Theo Geisel
 
Non-conservative Neuronal Networks During Up states Self-organize Near Critical Points
Stefan Mihalas, Daniel Millman, Ramakrishnan Iyer, Alfredo Kirkwood and Ernst Niebur
 
Self-organized Criticality and Near Criticality in Neural Networks
J. D. Cowan, J. Neuman, and W. van Drongelen
 
Neural Dynamics: Criticality, Cooperation, Avalanches and Entrainment between Complex Networks
P. Grigolini, M. Zare, A. Svenkeson, B. J. West
 
Complex Networks: From Social Crises to Neuronal Avalanches
B. J. West, M. Turalska and P. Grigolini
 
The Dynamics of Neuromodulation
Gerhard Werner and Bernhard J. Mitterauer

• Edited by Dietmar Plenz
• Edited by Ernst Niebur
• Series edited by Heinz Georg Schuster