Spatially structured oscillations in a two-dimensional excitatory neuronal network with synaptic depression
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Author(s)
Kilpatrick, Zachary P
Bressloff, Paul C
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We study the spatiotemporal dynamics of a two-dimensional excitatory neuronal network with synaptic depression. Coupling between populations of neurons is taken to be nonlocal, while depression is taken to be local and presynaptic. We show that the network supports a wide range of spatially structured oscillations, which are suggestive of phenomena seen in cortical slice experiments and in vivo. The particular form of the oscillations depends on initial conditions and the level of background noise. Given an initial, spatially localized stimulus, activity evolves to a spatially localized oscillating core that periodically emits target waves. Low levels of noise can spontaneously generate several pockets of oscillatory activity that interact via their target patterns. Periodic activity in space can also organize into spiral waves, provided that there is some source of rotational symmetry breaking due to external stimuli or noise. In the high gain limit, no oscillatory behavior exists, but a transient stimulus can lead to a single, outward propagating target wave.
Date Issued
2010-04
Date Acceptance
2009-10-16
Citation
Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 2010, 28 (2), pp.193-209
ISSN
0929-5313
Publisher
Springer
Start Page
193
End Page
209
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Computational Neuroscience
Volume
28
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2010 Springer-Verlag. This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10827-009-0199-6
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10827-009-0199-6
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2009-10-29