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Spike and Burst Synchronization in a Detailed Cortical Network Model with I-F Neurons

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Previous studies have suggested that synchronized firing is a prominent feature of cortical processing. Simplified network models have replicated such phenomena. Here we study to what extent these results are robust when more biological detail is introduced. A biologically plausible network model of layer of tree shrew primary visual cortex with a columnar architecture and realistic values on unit adaptation, connectivity patterns, axonal delays and synaptic strengths was investigated. A drifting grating stimulus provided afferent noisy input. It is demonstrated that under certain conditions, spike and burst synchronized activity between neurons, situated in different minicolumns, may occur.

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Mälardalen University, S-721 23, Västerås, Sweden

    Baran Çürüklü

  2. Studies of Artificial Neural Systems, Department of Numerical Analysis and Computing Science, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden

    Anders Lansner

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  1. Dept. of Mecidal Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Vienna, Freyung 6/2, 1010, Vienna, Austria

    Georg Dorffner

  2. Institute for Computer Aided Automation Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Group, Technical University of Vienna, Favoritenstr. 9/1832, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Horst Bischof

  3. Institut für Statistik, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Augasse 2-6, 1090, Wien, Austria

    Kurt Hornik

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Çürüklü, B., Lansner, A. (2001). Spike and Burst Synchronization in a Detailed Cortical Network Model with I-F Neurons. In: Dorffner, G., Bischof, H., Hornik, K. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks — ICANN 2001. ICANN 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2130. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44668-0_152

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