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* Peter Redgrave (2007) [[Basal ganglia]]. Scholarpedia, 2(6):1825.
* Eugene M. Izhikevich (2006) [[Bursting]]. Scholarpedia, 1(3):1300.
* James Meiss (2007) [[Dynamical systems]]. Scholarpedia, 2(2):1629.
* Eugene M. Izhikevich and Richard FitzHugh (2006) [[FitzHugh-Nagumo model]]. Scholarpedia, 1(9):1349.
* Eugene Roberts (2007) [[Gamma-aminobutyric acid]]. Scholarpedia, 2(10):3356.
* Peter Jonas and Gyorgy Buzsaki (2007) [[Neural inhibition]]. Scholarpedia, 2(9):3286.
* Jeff Moehlis, Kresimir Josic, Eric T. Shea-Brown (2006) [[Periodic orbit]]. Scholarpedia, 1(7):1358.
* Wolfram Schultz (2007) [[Reward]]. Scholarpedia, 2(3):1652.
* Arkady Pikovsky and Michael Rosenblum (2007) [[Synchronization]]. Scholarpedia, 2(12):1459.