부산대학교 도서관

This special issue focuses on the most complex system we know: the brain. More precisely, it deals with the examination of the brain dynamics and disturbances which are clinically manifested in neurological and psychiatric disorders like epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease or mental depression. These diseases are often associated with disturbances of autonomous functions like hormone secretion and sleep which also are under the control of the brain. Accordingly, the papers in this issue will refer to a diversity of physiological systems. Their common link is that they all are related to brain functions and dysfunctions and that these neurophysiological issues are addressed by physically based approaches of systems analysis with the use of computer models and tools for nonlinear data analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]