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 …

Neurophysiological avenues to better conceptualizing adaptive cognition

J Van Schependom, K Baetens, G Nagels… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
We delve into the human brain's remarkable capacity for adaptability and sustained
cognitive functioning, phenomena traditionally encompassed as executive functions or …

Mean-field models for EEG/MEG: from oscillations to waves

Á Byrne, J Ross, R Nicks, S Coombes - Brain topography, 2022 - Springer
Neural mass models have been used since the 1970s to model the coarse-grained activity
of large populations of neurons. They have proven especially fruitful for understanding brain …

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 …

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 …

Modeling neurotransmission: Computational tools to investigate neurological disorders

D Gandolfi, GM Boiani, A Bigiani, J Mapelli - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The investigation of synaptic functions remains one of the most fascinating challenges in the
field of neuroscience and a large number of experimental methods have been tuned to …

Improving epileptogenic zone estimation using Bayesian inference on neural field models

AN Vattikonda, MM Woodman, JD Lemarechal, D Daini… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Epilepsy remains a significant medical challenge, particularly in drug-resistant cases where
surgical intervention may be the only viable treatment option. Identifying the epileptogenic …

The dance of neurons: Exploring nonlinear dynamics in brain networks

M Saadati, SS Khodaei, Y Jamali - Communications in Nonlinear Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The brain is a complex, nonlinear system, exhibiting ever-evolving patterns of activities,
whether in the presence or absence of external stimuli or task demands. Nonlinearity can …

Control of seizure-like dynamics in neuronal populations with excitability adaptation related to ketogenic diet

S Eydam, I Franović, L Kang - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We consider a heterogeneous, globally coupled population of excitatory quadratic integrate-
and-fire neurons with excitability adaptation due to a metabolic feedback associated with …

Regime switching in coupled nonlinear systems: Sources, prediction, and control—Minireview and perspective on the Focus Issue

I Franović, S Eydam, D Eroglu - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Regime switching, the process where complex systems undergo transitions between
qualitatively different dynamical states due to changes in their conditions, is a widespread …