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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">Dear potential authors on the fieldtrip mailing list,</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">This is a call for participation at a special issue (Frontiers Topic) on
neural synchronization, that we are currently editing:<br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">'Large-scale neural synchronization and coordinated
dynamics: a foundational approach</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">' </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
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site: <a href="http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/4079/large-scale-neural-synchronization-and-coordinated-dynamics-a-foundational-approach"><span style="color:blue">http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/4079/large-scale-neural-synchronization-and-coordinated-dynamics-a-foundational-approach</span></a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Description: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">A fundamental question in neuroscience is how
segregation and integration of information takes place by the temporal
coordination of differentiated, specialized brain areas. Neural synchronization
is often invoked as a mechanism of coordinated activity, and in the last ten
years there has been a great effort to understand its significance, to clarify
its physiological and computational roles and its relationship with brain
rhythms and abnormal brain functioning (as in epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease).
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But in a broader sense, synchronization is an old concept, arising from the
studies of oscillators in non-linear dynamics. It is indeed a widespread
phenomenon, reflecting the coupling between self-oscillating units. However,
the association between coupling and coordinated activity is not completely
understood in the context of brain dynamics, most critically when this
relationship is extended to large networks of interacting neurons. What do we
mean when we use the term ‘synchronization’ in neuroscience? How can we measure
physical coupling when real experiments can only tell us about temporal statistical
correlation? Can we freely use concepts from oscillation theory to describe
brain dynamics? <br>
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In this Research Topic we welcome contributions from different backgrounds and
perspectives to promote a deeper understanding of the relationship between neural
synchronization and physical coupling between neuronal networks, and its
implications for functional connectivity in the normal and the pathological
brain. This topic will include, among others, contributions with the following
themes: <br>
1) Foundations of large-scale neural synchronization, based on physical
theories of oscillation. <br>
2) The computational role and metabolic cost of neural synchronization, and its
relation to brain rhythms. <br>
3) Behavioral and cognitive consequences of oscillatory activity in the human
brain. <br>
4) Synthesis and state-of-the-art on measuring neural synchronization in
experimental settings. <br>
5) Recent methods for the reconstruction of connectivity in oscillatory
networks. <br>
6) Applications of the concept of neural coupling and oscillatory activity in a
medical setting, such as monitoring and control of neural synchronization in
brain pathologies affecting coordination dynamics. <br>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">Looking forward to have your contributions. Those
interested please write to </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">Ramon Guevara (<a href="mailto:guevara.erra@gamil.com"><span style="color:blue">guevara.erra@gmail.com</span></a>)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">Best wishes, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">Ramon
Guevara Erra</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">University Paris Descartes, Paris, France </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">Jose
Luis Perez Velazquez </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">Hospital
for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
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