Abstract:
:Stable signal transmission is crucial for information processing by the brain. Synfire-chains, defined as feed-forward networks of spiking neurons, are a well-studied class of circuit structure that can propagate a packet of single spikes while maintaining a fixed packet profile. Here, we studied the stable propagation of spike bursts, rather than single spike activities, in a feed-forward network of a general class of excitable bursting neurons. In contrast to single spikes, bursts can propagate stably without converging to any fixed profiles. Spike timings of bursts continue to change cyclically or irregularly during propagation depending on intrinsic properties of the neurons and the coupling strength of the network. To find the conditions under which bursts lose fixed profiles, we propose an analysis based on timing shifts of burst spikes similar to the phase response analysis of limit-cycle oscillators.
journal_name
Biol Cybernjournal_title
Biological cyberneticsauthors
Teramae JN,Fukai Tdoi
10.1007/s00422-008-0246-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-08-01 00:00:00pages
105-14issue
2eissn
0340-1200issn
1432-0770journal_volume
99pub_type
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