Publication Date:
1988-03-25
Description:
In the search for principles of pattern generation in complex biological systems, an operational approach is presented that embraces both theory and experiment. The central mathematical concepts of self-organization in nonequilibrium systems (including order parameter dynamics, stability, fluctuations, and time scales) are used to show how a large number of empirically observed features of temporal patterns can be mapped onto simple low-dimensional (stochastic, nonlinear) dynamical laws that are derivable from lower levels of description. The theoretical framework provides a language and a strategy, accompanied by new observables, that may afford an understanding of dynamic patterns at several scales of analysis (including behavioral patterns, neural networks, and individual neurons) and the linkage among them.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schoner, G -- Kelso, J A -- MH42900-01/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Mar 25;239(4847):1513-20.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Center for Complex Systems, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton 33431.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3281253" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Behavior/*physiology
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Electrophysiology
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Humans
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Models, Biological
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Motor Activity/physiology
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*Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
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Neurons/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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