Understanding the dynamics of biological and neural oscillator networks through exact mean-field reductions: a review

C Bick, M Goodfellow, CR Laing… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Many biological and neural systems can be seen as networks of interacting periodic
processes. Importantly, their functionality, ie, whether these networks can perform their …

Next-generation neural mass and field modeling

Á Byrne, RD O'Dea, M Forrester… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
The Wilson–Cowan population model of neural activity has greatly influenced our
understanding of the mechanisms for the generation of brain rhythms and the emergence of …

Exact mean-field theory explains the dual role of electrical synapses in collective synchronization

E Montbrió, D Pazó - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
Electrical synapses play a major role in setting up neuronal synchronization, but the precise
mechanisms whereby these synapses contribute to synchrony are subtle and remain …

Next generation neural population models

S Coombes - Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Low-dimensional neural mass models are often invoked to model the coarse-grained activity
of large populations of neurons and synapses and have been used to help understand the …

[HTML][HTML] The three way Dirac operator and dynamical Turing and Dirac induced patterns on nodes and links

R Muolo, T Carletti, G Bianconi - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2024 - Elsevier
Topological signals are dynamical variables not only defined on nodes but also on links of a
network that are gaining significant attention in non-linear dynamics and topology and have …

Neurodynamics

S Coombes, KCA Wedgwood - Texts in applied mathematics, 2023 - Springer
This is a book about 'Neurodynamics'. What we mean is that this is a book about how ideas
from dynamical systems theory have been developed and employed in recent years to give …

Mind the last spike—firing rate models for mesoscopic populations of spiking neurons

T Schwalger, AV Chizhov - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Generalized integrate-and-fire (GIF) models permit efficient extraction of point
neuron parameters, which reproduce the spiking behavior of multiple cell types and are …

Exact firing rate model reveals the differential effects of chemical versus electrical synapses in spiking networks

B Pietras, F Devalle, A Roxin, A Daffertshofer… - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
Chemical and electrical synapses shape the dynamics of neuronal networks. Numerous
theoretical studies have investigated how each of these types of synapses contributes to the …

[PDF][PDF] Neural Field Models: A mathematical overview and unifying framework

BJ Cook, ADH Peterson, W Woldman… - Mathematical …, 2022 - mna.episciences.org
Mathematical modelling of the macroscopic electrical activity of the brain is highly nontrivial
and requires a detailed understanding of not only the associated mathematical techniques …

A mean field model for movement induced changes in the beta rhythm

A Byrne, MJ Brookes, S Coombes - Journal of computational …, 2017 - Springer
In electrophysiological recordings of the brain, the transition from high amplitude to low
amplitude signals are most likely caused by a change in the synchrony of underlying …