title: Dynamically maintained spike timing sequences in networks of pulse-coupled oscillators with delays.
abstract: We demonstrate the widespread occurrence of dynamically maintained spike timing sequences in recurrent networks of pulse-coupled spiking neurons with large time delays. The sequences occur in transient, quasistable phase-locking states. The system spontaneously jumps between these states. This collective dynamics enables the system to generate a large number of distinct precise spike timing sequences. Distributed time delays play a constructive role by enhancing the dominance in parameter space of the dynamics responsible for producing the large variety of spike timing sequences.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Perceptual Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
authors.forename: Pulin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Cees
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Leeuwen
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / 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*; D013997:Time Factors