Innate synchronous oscillations in freely-organized small neuronal circuits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Information processing in neuronal networks relies on the network's ability to generate temporal patterns of action potentials. Although the nature of neuronal network activity has been intensively investigated in the past several decades at the individual neuron level, the underlying principles of the collective network activity, such as the synchronization and coordination between neurons, are largely unknown. Here we focus on isolated neuronal clusters in culture and address the following simple, yet fundamental questions: What is the minimal number of cells needed to exhibit collective dynamics? What are the internal temporal characteristics of such dynamics and how do the temporal features of network activity alternate upon crossover from minimal networks to large n

SUBMITTER: Shein Idelson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3010988 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature