The visual cortex as a crystal

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(02)00677-2zbMath1017.92009MaRDI QIDQ1848747

Jack D. Cowan, Paul C. Bressloff

Publication date: 13 November 2002

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

pattern formationsingularity distributionspontaneous activity pattern formation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Neural biology (92C20) Developmental biology, pattern formation (92C15) Applications of linear algebraic groups to the sciences (20G45)

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