Multiple bumps in a neuronal model of working memory

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-97

  Laing, Carlo R ^a   Troy, William C ^b   Gutkin, Boris ^c   Ermentrout, G Bard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Coupling; Homoclinic orbits; Integro differential equation; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POLYNOMIALS;

HOMOCLINIC ORBITS; MULTIPLE BUMPS; NEURONAL MODEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0036706393     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139901389495     Document Type: Article

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