creators_name: Ingber, Lester
type: journalp
datestamp: 1999-06-15
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:53:39
metadata_visibility: show
title: Statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions. Dynamics of synaptic modification
ispublished: pub
subjects: comp-neuro-sci
subjects: comp-sci-stat-model
full_text_status: public
abstract: A recent study has demonstrated that several scales of neocortical interactions can be consistently analyzed with the use of methods of modern nonlinear nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. The formation, stability, and interaction of spatial-temporal patterns of columnar firings are explicitly calculated, to test hypothesized mechanisms relating to information processing. In this context, most probable patterns of columnar firings are associated with chemical and electrical synaptic modifications. It is stressed that synaptic modifications and shifts in most-probable firing patterns are highly nonlinear and interactive sets of phenomena. A detailed scenario of information processing is calculated of columnar coding of external stimuli, short-term storage via hysteresis, and long-term storage via synaptic modification.
date: 1983
date_type: published
publication: Physical Review A
volume: 28
pagerange: 395-416
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Ingber, Lester  (1983) Statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions. Dynamics of synaptic modification.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/88/2/smni83_dynamics.ps