Derivation of a voltage density equation from a voltage-conductance kinetic model for networks of integrate-and-fire neurons (Q2282321)

Starting from the general voltage-conductance density system for neural networks, under some quite special assumptions, the authors obtain the following voltage-only model for a neural network of integrate \& fire neurons: \[ \partial_tn(v,t)+\partial_v [\mathcal{G}(v,b\mathcal{N}(t))(V(b\mathcal{N}(t))-v)n(v,t)]+{\Phi} _F(v)n(v,t) = 0, \] \[ \mathcal{N}(t)=\int_{V_R} ^{V_E}\Phi_F(v)n(v,t)dv, \] \[ \mathcal{G}(V_R,b\mathcal{N}(t))(V(b\mathcal{N}(t))-V_R)n(V_R,t)=\mathcal{N}(t),\quad N(V_E,t) = 0. \] Estimates on firing rates, \(L^{\infty}\) bounds for \(n(v,t)\) as well as for the probability density \(p(v,g,t)\) in the voltage-conductance model are computed. For a simplified version of the model investigations on steady states, asymptotic stability, oscillatory states are performed.