Towards a Mathematical Model of the Brain

Lai Sang Young

doi:10.1007/s10955-019-02483-1

Towards a Mathematical Model of the Brain

Lai Sang Young

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This article presents an idealized mathematical model of the cerebral cortex, focusing on the dynamical interaction of neurons. The author proposes a network architecture more consistent with neuroanatomy than in previous studies, borrows ideas from nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and calls attention to the fact that the brain is a large and complex dynamical system. The ideas proposed are illustrated with a realistic model of the visual cortex.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	612-629
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Statistical Physics
Volume	180
Issue number	1-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-019-02483-1
State	Published - Sep 1 2020

Keywords

Cortical dynamics
Neuronal interaction
Nonequilibrium steady states
Visual cortex

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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Mathematical Physics

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