Nonlinear analysis of breathing pulses in a synaptically coupled neural network

SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 744-787

  Folias, Stefanos E ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude equations; Breathers; Center manifold reduction; Firing rate neural network; Hopf bifurcation; Stationary pulse; Weakly nonlinear stability; Wilson cowan equations

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE EQUATION; BREATHERS; CENTER MANIFOLD REDUCTIONS; FIRING RATE NEURAL NETWORK; STATIONARY PULSE; WEAKLY NON-LINEAR STABILITIES; WILSON-COWAN EQUATIONS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HOPF BIFURCATION;

EID: 80051527145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15360040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/100815852     Document Type: Article

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