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Mathematical frameworks for oscillatory network dynamics in neuroscience

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Peter Ashwin, Stephen Coombes, Rachel Nicks

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Submitted 18 Jun 2015

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The authors' main claim In this review we present a set of mathematical tools that are suitable for addressing the dynamics of oscillatory neural networks, broadening from a standard phase oscillator perspective to provide a practical framework for further successful applications of mathematics to understanding network dynamics in neuroscience.

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CitationPeter Ashwin, Rachel Nicks, Stephen Coombes. "Mathematical frameworks for oscillatory network dynamics in neuroscience." arXiv:1506.05828 (2015). https://pith.science/paper/E5TXMD2S
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The tools of weakly coupled phase oscillator theory have had a profound impact on the neuroscience community, providing insight into a variety of network behaviours ranging from central pattern generation to synchronisation, as well as predicting novel network states such as chimeras. However, there are many instances when this theory is expected to break down, say in the presence of strong coupling, or must be carefully interpreted, as in the presence of stochastic forcing. There are also surprises in the dynamical complexity of the attractors that can robustly appear - for example, heteroclinic network attractors. In this review we present a set of mathematical tools that are suitable for addressing the dynamics of oscillatory neural networks, broadening from a standard phase oscillator perspective to provide a practical framework for further successful applications of mathematics to understanding network dynamics in neuroscience.

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The tools of weakly coupled phase oscillator theory have had a profound impact on the neuroscience community, providing insight into a variety of network behaviours ranging from central pattern generation to synchronisation, as well as predicting novel network states such as chimeras. However, there are many instances when this theory is expected to break down, say in the presence of strong coupling, or must be carefully interpreted, as in the presence of stochastic forcing. There are also surprises in the dynamical complexity of the attractors that can robustly appear - for example, heteroclinic network attractors. In this review we present a set of mathematical tools that are suitable for addressing the dynamics of oscillatory neural networks, broadening from a standard phase oscillator perspective to provide a practical framework for further successful applications of mathematics to understanding network dynamics in neuroscience.

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  • For a further discussion about the use of the MSF formalism in the analysis of synchronisation of oscillators on complex networks we refer the reader to [ref] , and for the use of this formalism in a non-smooth setting see [ref] .

    Dynamical Systems on Networks: A Tutorial · Stability of the synchronised state for complex networks of identical systems · 0.89

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