Synchrony arising from a balanced synaptic plasticity in a network of heterogeneous neural oscillators

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2002 Mar;65(3 Pt 1):031902. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.031902. Epub 2002 Feb 8.

Abstract

We investigate the dynamics of a recurrent network of coupled heterogeneous neural oscillators with experimentally observed spike-timing-dependent synaptic plasticity. We show both theoretically and by computer simulations that, in a regime of a balance between synaptic potentiation and depression, the network of such oscillators converges to a stable synchronous state. The stability of this state is fostered by flexible synaptic weights which adjust themselves based on the relative timing of firing of pre- and postsynaptic oscillators.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiology
  • Humans
  • Models, Statistical
  • Nerve Net / physiology*
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Synapses / physiology*
  • Time Factors