Criticality as a signature of healthy neural systems

Front Syst Neurosci. 2015 Feb 25:9:22. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00022. eCollection 2015.

¹ Department Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, System Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genova Genova, Italy.
² Department Industrial and Information Engineering, Second University of Napoli Napoli, Italy.
³ Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Genova, Italy.
⁴ Department of Mathematics, Centre for Complexity Science, Imperial College of London London, UK.
⁵ Section on Critical Brain Dynamics, National Institute of Mental Health (NIH) Bethesda, MD, USA.

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Keywords: critical exponents; criticality; healthy neural systems; network dynamics; neuronal avalanches; power law.