Noise-sustained synchronization of electrically coupled FitzHugh-Nagumo networks under counterphase external forcing

We study the stochastic dynamics of two electrically coupled networks of excitable FitzHugh-Nagumo cells, each of them phase-repulsively linked to form a ring able to develop noise-sustained structures. All cells are submitted to Gaussian white noises with common intensity η, while each network is f...

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Autores: Sanchez, Alejandro Daniel, Izus, Gonzalo Gregorio
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/63027
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/63027
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Coupled Cells
Neural Networks
Synchronization
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Resumo:We study the stochastic dynamics of two electrically coupled networks of excitable FitzHugh-Nagumo cells, each of them phase-repulsively linked to form a ring able to develop noise-sustained structures. All cells are submitted to Gaussian white noises with common intensity η, while each network is forced with opposite phase by an adiabatic subthreshold harmonic signal. In terms of the nonequilibrium potential of a four-cell reduced model we have interpreted the dynamics, explained the observed activation and synchronization of the structures, and calculated the optimal η level as a function of coupling strength between networks. The values obtained from the reduced model coincide in order of magnitude with those arising from numerical simulations of the full system.