Coherent dynamics in soft-threshold integrate-and-fire networks
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| author | Forbes, Lauren Grossman, Jared Avery, Montie Goh, Ryan Ocker, Gabriel Koch |
| author_facet | Forbes, Lauren Grossman, Jared Avery, Montie Goh, Ryan Ocker, Gabriel Koch |
| contents | We study bifurcations in networks of integrate-and-fire neurons with stochastic spike emission, focusing on the effects of the spatial and temporal structure of the synaptic interactions. Using a deterministic mean-field approximation of the population dynamics, we characterize spatial, temporal, and spatiotemporal patterns of macroscopic activity. In the mean-field theory, synaptic delays give rise to uniform oscillations across the population through a subcritical Hopf bifurcation of the stationary uniform equilibrium. With local excitation and long-range inhibition the network undergoes a Turing bifurcation, resulting in a localized area of sustained activity, or stationary bump. When the coupling has both delays, local inhibition, and long range excitation, the network undergoes a Turing-Hopf bifurcation leading to spatiotemporal dynamics, such as standing and traveling waves. When multiple instabilities are excited, we observe other complex spatiotemporal dynamics. We confirm all these predictions of the mean-field theory in simulations of the underlying stochastic model. |
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| spellingShingle | Coherent dynamics in soft-threshold integrate-and-fire networks Forbes, Lauren Grossman, Jared Avery, Montie Goh, Ryan Ocker, Gabriel Koch Neurons and Cognition We study bifurcations in networks of integrate-and-fire neurons with stochastic spike emission, focusing on the effects of the spatial and temporal structure of the synaptic interactions. Using a deterministic mean-field approximation of the population dynamics, we characterize spatial, temporal, and spatiotemporal patterns of macroscopic activity. In the mean-field theory, synaptic delays give rise to uniform oscillations across the population through a subcritical Hopf bifurcation of the stationary uniform equilibrium. With local excitation and long-range inhibition the network undergoes a Turing bifurcation, resulting in a localized area of sustained activity, or stationary bump. When the coupling has both delays, local inhibition, and long range excitation, the network undergoes a Turing-Hopf bifurcation leading to spatiotemporal dynamics, such as standing and traveling waves. When multiple instabilities are excited, we observe other complex spatiotemporal dynamics. We confirm all these predictions of the mean-field theory in simulations of the underlying stochastic model. |
| title | Coherent dynamics in soft-threshold integrate-and-fire networks |
| topic | Neurons and Cognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21177 |