arXiv · 1701.05056
Synchronization and long-time memory in neural networks with inhibitory hubs and synaptic plasticity
Abstract
We investigate the dynamical role of inhibitory and highly connected nodes (hub) in synchronization and input processing of leaky-integrate-and-fire neural networks with short term synaptic plasticity. We take advantage of a heterogeneous mean-field approximation to encode the role of network structure and we tune the fraction of inhibitory neurons $f_I$ and their connectivity level to investigate the cooperation between hub features and inhibition. We show that, depending on $f_I$, highly connected inhibitory nodes strongly drive the synchronization properties of the overall network through dynamical transitions from synchronous to asynchronous regimes. Furthermore, a metastable regime with long memory of external inputs emerges for a specific fraction of hub inhibitory neurons, underlining the role of inhibition and connectivity also for input processing in neural networks.
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Elena Bertolotti, Raffaella Burioni, Matteo di Volo, Alessandro Vezzani. 2017-01-18. Synchronization and long-time memory in neural networks with inhibitory hubs and synaptic plasticity. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.95.012308
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