Chaotic phase synchronization in scale-free networks of bursting neurons.
There is experimental evidence that the neuronal network in some areas of the brain cortex presents the scale-free property, i.e., the neuron connectivity is distributed according to a power law, such that neurons are more likely to couple with other already well-connected ones. From the information processing point of view, it is relevant that neuron bursting activity be synchronized in some weak sense. A coherent output of coupled neurons in a network can be described through the chaotic phase synchronization of their bursting activity. We investigated this phenomenon using a two-dimensional map to describe neurons with spiking-bursting activity in a scale-free network, in particular the dependence of the chaotic phase synchronization on the coupling properties of the network as well as its synchronization with an externally applied time-periodic signal.
Departamento de Matemática e Estatística, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, 84032-900 Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.
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