Critical slowing down governs the transition to neuron spiking.

Many complex systems have been found to exhibit critical transitions, or so-called tipping points, which are sudden changes to a qualitatively different system state. These changes can profoundly impact the functioning of a system ranging from controlled state switching to a catastrophic break-down;...

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Main Authors: Christian Meisel, Andreas Klaus, Christian Kuehn, Dietmar Plenz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-02-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4338190?pdf=render