Emergent Brain Dynamics

<b>Experts explore the maturation of nonlinear brain dynamics from a developmental perspective and consider the relationship of neurodevelopmental disorders to early disruption in dynamic coordination.</b> <p/>This volume in the Strüngmann Forum Reports series explores the complex mechanisms that accompany the dynamic processes by which the brain evolves and matures. Integrating perspectives from multiple disciplines the book identifies knowledge gaps and proposes innovative ways forward for this emerging area of cross-disciplinary study. The contributors examine maturation of nonlinear brain dynamics across systems from a developmental perspective and relate these organizing networks to the establishment of normative cognition and pathology seen in many neurodevelopmental disorders. <p/>The book looks at key mechanistic questions including: What role does dynamic coordination play in the establishment and maintenance of brain networks and structural and functional connectivity? How are local and global functional networks assembled and transformed over normative development? To what degree do oscillatory patterns vary across development? What is the impact of critical periods and which factors initiate and terminate such periods? It also explores the potential of new technologies and techniques to enhance understanding of normative development and to enable early identification and remediation of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders that may result from early disruption in dynamic coordination. <p/><b>Contributors </b><br>Sylvain Baillet Yehezkel Ben-Ari April A. Benasich Olivier Bertrand Gyorgy Buzsáki Alain Chédotal Sam M. Doesburg Gordin Fishell Adriana Galván Jennifer N. Gelinas Jay Giedd Pierre Gressens Ileana L. Hanganu-Opatz Rowshanak Hashemiyoon Takao K. Hensch Suzana Herculano-Houzel Mark Hübener Mark Matthias Kaschube Michael S. Kobor Bryan Kolb Thorsten Kolling Jean-Philippe Lachaux Ulman Lindenberger Heiko J. Luhmann Hannah Monyer Sarah R. Moore Charles A. Nelson III Tomás Paus Patrick L. Purdon Pasko Rakic Urs Ribary Akira Sawa Terrence J. Sejnowski Wolf Singer Cheryl L. Sisk Nicholas C. Spitzer Michael P. Stryker Migranka Sur Peter J. Uhlhaas