title: Synchrony and clustering in heterogeneous networks with global coupling and parameter dispersion.
abstract: Networks with nonidentical nodes and global coupling may display a large variety of dynamic behaviors, such as phase clustered solutions, synchrony, and oscillator death. The network dynamics is a function of the parameter dispersion and may be captured by conventional mean field approaches if it is close to the completely synchronous state. In this Letter we introduce a novel method based on a mode decomposition in the parameter space, which provides a low-dimensional network description for more complex dynamic behaviors and captures the mean field approach as a special case. The example of globally coupled Fitzhugh-Nagumo neurons is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA.
authors.forename: Collins G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Assisi
authors.forename: Viktor K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Jirsa
authors.forename: J A Scott
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kelso
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005246:Feedback / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology