Dynamic Control of Synchronous Activity in Networks of Spiking Neurons.
Oscillatory brain activity is believed to play a central role in neural coding. Accumulating evidence shows that features of these oscillations are highly dynamic: power, frequency and phase fluctuate alongside changes in behavior and task demands. The role and mechanism supporting this variability is however poorly understood. We here analyze a network of recurrently connected spiking neurons with time delay displaying stable synchronous dynamics. Using mean-field and stability analyses, we investigate the influence of dynamic inputs on the frequency of firing rate oscillations. We show that afferent noise, mimicking inputs to the neurons, causes smoothing of the system's response function, displacing equilibria and altering the stability of oscillatory states. Our analysis further shows that these noise-induced changes cause a shift of the peak frequency of synchronous oscillations that scales with input intensity, leading the network towards critical states. We lastly discuss the extension of these principles to periodic stimulation, in which externally applied driving signals can trigger analogous phenomena. Our results reveal one possible mechanism involved in shaping oscillatory activity in the brain and associated control principles.
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Section FE12 - Data Assimilation, 63067, Offenbach am Main, Germany.
Axel
A
Hutt
Institute of Movement and Neurosciences, German Sport University, Cologne, Germany.
Andreas
A
Mierau
Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada.|Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G3, Canada.
Jérémie
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