How effective delays shape oscillatory dynamics in neuronal networks (Q629014)

In this paper, the authors extended the work of [\textit{A. Roxin, N. Brunel} and \textit{D. Hansel}, Phys. Rev. Lett 94, 238103 (2005) and Prog. Theor. Phys. 161, 68 (2006)] to account for arbitrary symmetric patterns of synaptic connectivity and generic nonlinear transfer functions. They formulated the rate model and conducted a linear stability analysis of the stationary uniform (SU) state. They presented a weakly nonlinear analysis for the four possible primary instabilities of the SU state (asynchronous unpatterned state in a network model), thereby deriving amplitude equations for steady, Turing (bumps), Hopf (global oscillations), and Turing-Hopf (waves) bifurcations. Furthermore, they observed the delay-driven instabilities, i.e. Hopf and Turing-Hopf. And they studied the interactions of pairs of solutions: bumps and global oscillations, and global oscillations and waves.