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. 1998 Jun;74(6):2776–2785. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77985-8

Periodic orbits: a new language for neuronal dynamics.

P So 1, J T Francis 1, T I Netoff 1, B J Gluckman 1, S J Schiff 1
PMCID: PMC1299619  PMID: 9635732

Abstract

A new nonlinear dynamical analysis is applied to complex behavior from neuronal systems. The conceptual foundation of this analysis is the abstraction of observed neuronal activities into a dynamical landscape characterized by a hierarchy of "unstable periodic orbits" (UPOs). UPOs are rigorously identified in data sets representative of three different levels of organization in mammalian brain. An analysis based on UPOs affords a novel alternative method of decoding, predicting, and controlling these neuronal systems.

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