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- Received September 7, 2012
- Revision received March 13, 2013
- Accepted March 18, 2013
- First published April 17, 2013.
- Version of record published April 17, 2013.
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- Oren Shriki1,
- Jeff Alstott1,4,
- Frederick Carver2,
- Tom Holroyd2,
- Richard N.A. Henson5,
- Marie L. Smith5,6,
- Richard Coppola2,3,
- Edward Bullmore4,7, and
- Dietmar Plenz1
- 1Section on Critical Brain Dynamics,
- 2Magnetoencephalography Core Facility, and
- 3Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892,
- 4Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, Behavioral and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SZ, United Kingdom,
- 5Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council, Cambridge CB2 7EF, United Kingdom,
- 6School of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom, and
- 7GlaxoSmithKline Clinical Unit in Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
Author contributions
Author contributions: O.S., J.A., and D.P. designed research; F.C., T.H., R.N.N.A.H., M.S., R.C., and E.B. performed research; O.S. and J.A. analyzed data; O.S., J.A., and D.P. wrote the paper.
Disclosures
- Received September 7, 2012.
- Revision received March 13, 2013.
- Accepted March 18, 2013.
This work was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, the U.K. Medical Research Council (Grant #MC_US_A060_0046), and the Wellcome Trust. The Cambridge MEG study was sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development.
The National Institute of Mental Health has filed a U.S. patent application that covers neuronal avalanche dynamics as a potential diagnostic assay using MEG in humans (U.S. Patent Application 11/990419 filed August 14, 2006 claiming priority to August 12, 2005).
- Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Oren Shriki, Section on Critical Brain Dynamics, National Institute of Mental Health, PNRC, Rm 3A-114, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. shrikio{at}mail.nih.gov or oren70{at}gmail.com
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