Sensitivity to Control Signals in Triphasic Rhythmic Neural Systems: A Comparative Mechanistic Analysis via Infinitesimal Local Timing Response Curves

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DOI10.1162/NECO_A_01586zbMATH Open1520.92007arXiv2211.07834OpenAlexW4363652107MaRDI QIDQ6136207FDOQ6136207


Authors: Zhuojun Yu, Jonathan Rubin, Peter J. Thomas Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 28 August 2023

Published in: Neural Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Similar activity patterns may arise from model neural networks with distinct coupling properties and individual unit dynamics. These similar patterns may, however, respond differently to parameter variations and, specifically, to tuning of inputs that represent control signals. In this work, we analyze the responses resulting from modulation of a localized input in each of three classes of model neural networks that have been recognized in the literature for their capacity to produce robust three-phase rhythms: coupled fast-slow oscillators, near-heteroclinic oscillators, and threshold-linear networks. Triphasic rhythms, in which each phase consists of a prolonged activation of a corresponding subgroup of neurons followed by a fast transition to another phase, represent a fundamental activity pattern observed across a range of central pattern generators underlying behaviors critical to survival, including respiration, locomotion, and feeding. To perform our analysis, we extend the recently developed local timing response curve (lTRC), which allows us to characterize the timing effects due to perturbations, and we complement our lTRC approach with model-specific dynamical systems analysis. Interestingly, we observe disparate effects of similar perturbations across distinct model classes. Thus, this work provides an analytical framework for studying control of oscillations in nonlinear dynamical systems, and may help guide model selection in future efforts to study systems exhibiting triphasic rhythmic activity.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.07834




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