From intermittency to transitivity in neuropsychobiological flows

Am J Physiol. 1983 Oct;245(4):R484-94. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.1983.245.4.R484.

Abstract

Nonlinear dynamics offers a language for describing many aspects of brain function. Intermittency, alternating periods of periodic and chaotic behavior, and transitivity, the indecomposability of a flow, are discussed here in detail. Applications are suggested to neuropsychobiological phenomena, such as the effects of drugs and other agents.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Behavior
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Kinetics
  • Mathematics
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Models, Psychological*
  • Neurons / physiology
  • Probability