title: Spatiotemporal pattern formation in neural systems with heterogeneous connection topologies.
abstract: Biological systems like the human cortex show homogeneous connectivity, with additional strongly heterogeneous projections from one area to another. Here we report how such a dynamic system performs a macroscopically coherent pattern formation. The connection topology is used systematically as a control parameter to guide the neural system through a series of phase transitions. We discuss the example of a two-point connection, and its destabilization mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA. jirsa@walt.ccs.fau.edu
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Jirsa
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kelso
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*