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Spatiotemporal Behavior of Small-World Neuronal Networks Using a Map-Based Model

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In this paper, the dynamics of a map-based model is proposed firstly. It is a simple model which can not only reproduce rich behaviors of biological neurons but also compute efficiently. Then, the dynamics of two coupled maps that model the behavior of two electrically coupled neurons is discussed. By tuning the coupling strength, synchronization of two spiking or bursting neurons are simulated. Furthermore, the spatiotemporal behavior of a small-world neuronal network using map-based model is studied. Detailed investigations reveal that the collective dynamics of neuronal activity will be affected by varying some key parameters, such as the coupling strength of neurons, connection probability and the number of nearest neighbor in small-world topology. Our study suggests that the map-based model will give us a new opportunity to reproduce the real biological network containing a large number of neurons.

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Acknowledgments

The work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (11402294,11232005) and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Q14A020013).

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  1. Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Signal Processing, College of Electronic Information Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, 300300, China

    Jingyi Qu

  2. Institute for Cognitive Neurodynamics, School of Science, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China

    Rubin Wang & Ying Du

  3. School of Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310012, China

    Chuankui Yan

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Qu, J., Wang, R., Yan, C. et al. Spatiotemporal Behavior of Small-World Neuronal Networks Using a Map-Based Model. Neural Process Lett 45, 689–701 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11063-016-9547-5

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