Local/Global Analysis of the Stationary Solutions of Some Neural Field Equations

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DOI10.1137/090773611zbMATH Open1194.92015arXiv0910.2247OpenAlexW2070069190MaRDI QIDQ3587494FDOQ3587494


Authors: Romain Veltz, Olivier Faugeras Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 8 September 2010

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Neural or cortical fields are continuous assemblies of mesoscopic models, also called neural masses, of neural populations that are fundamental in the modeling of macroscopic parts of the brain. Neural fields are described by nonlinear integro-differential equations. The solutions of these equations represent the state of activity of these populations when submitted to inputs from neighbouring brain areas. Understanding the properties of these solutions is essential in advancing our understanding of the brain. In this paper we study the dependency of the stationary solutions of the neural fields equations with respect to the stiffness of the nonlinearity and the contrast of the external inputs. This is done by using degree theory and bifurcation theory in the context of functional, in particular infinite dimensional, spaces. The joint use of these two theories allows us to make new detailed predictions about the global and local behaviours of the solutions. We also provide a generic finite dimensional approximation of these equations which allows us to study in great details two models. The first model is a neural mass model of a cortical hypercolumn of orientation sensitive neurons, the ring model. The second model is a general neural field model where the spatial connectivity isdescribed by heterogeneous Gaussian-like functions.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.2247




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