Irregular spiking of pyramidal neurons organizes as scale-invariant neuronal avalanches in the awake state

Spontaneous fluctuations in neuronal activity emerge at many spatial and temporal scales in cortex. Population measures found these fluctuations to organize as scale-invariant neuronal avalanches, suggesting cortical dynamics to be critical. Macroscopic dynamics, though, depend on physiological stat...

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Main Authors: Timothy Bellay, Andreas Klaus, Saurav Seshadri, Dietmar Plenz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2015-07-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/07224