Chaos and neural dynamics

Small neural networks (central pattern generators), which control rythmic behavior of animals, are considered. The mechanisms responsible for regularity, reliability, and plasticity of such behavior (swimming, running, walking, etc.) are analyzed. New data on the origin of regular cooperative behavior of neurons are obtained by using methods of nonlinear dynamics.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 757–770, June, 1996.