The Tight Coupling and Non-Linear Relationship between the Macroscopic Electrical and Optical Concomitants of Electrochemical CNS Waves Reflect the Non-Linear Dynamics of Neural Glial Propagation
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51357#.VGVf3WfHRK0 Author(s) Vera Maura Fernandes de Lima 1,2 , José Roberto Castilho Piqueira 3 , Wolfgang Hanke 4 Affiliation(s) 1 CCO Medical School, Universidade Federal de Sao Joao Del Rei, Sao Joao Del Rei, Brazil . 2 LIM-26 Faculty of Medicine, USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil . 3 Laboratory of Automation and Control, Escola Politecnica, USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil . 4 Membrane Physiology Division, Physiology Institute 230, Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany . ABSTRACT In isolated chick retina, the visualization of electrochemical self-organized patterns is possible due to the presence of macroscopic intrinsic optical signals (IOSs)....