Comment on ``Critical branching captures activity in living neural networks and maximizes the number of metastable states''

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18 April 2005

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.q-bio/0504024

Abstract

It is shown that, contrary to the claims in a recent letter by Haldeman and Beggs (PRL, 94, 058101, 2005), the branching ratio in epileptic cortical cultures is smaller than one. In addition, and also in contrast to claims made in that paper, the number of metastable states is not significantly different between cortical cultures in the critical state and cultures made epileptic using picrotoxin.

Keywords

BRANCHING CAPTURES
CRITICAL BRANCHING
CORTICAL CULTURES
CAPTURES ACTIVITY
METASTABLE STATES
NEURAL NETWORKS
LIVING NEURAL
EPILEPTIC
CLAIMS

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Version 1, 2005-04-18, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 95 (21), 219801.

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