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Neural system stability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Walter J. Freeman
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720–3200. wfreeman@garnet.berkeley.edu

Abstract

Two hypotheses concerning nonlinear elements in complex systems are contrasted: that neurons, intrinsically unstable, are stabilized through embedding in networks and populations; and, conversely, that cortical neurons are intrinsically stable, but are destabilized through embedding in cortical populations and corticostriatal feedback systems. Tests are made by piecewise linearization of nonlinear dynamics at nonequilibriumoperating points, followed by linear stability analysis.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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