A Cellular Automaton Model for the generation of Brainwaves

2022/03/28 by Sean Knight, Knight, Sean, Gadda, Navjot
Computer Science · Neuroscience · Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO) #Cellular Automata and Applications #Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases (nlin.CG) #FOS: Biological sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) #Neural dynamics and brain function #Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC) #stochastic dynamics and bifurcation

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2203.14948

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Abstract

We describe a cellular-automaton based, two-dimensional (2D) lattice model which generates global oscillations in the EEG spectrum as well as time series of local field potentials resembling those observed during slow wave sleep. This is made possible by the presence of pacemakers (local oscillators) which can be spontaneously ignited and whose activity propagates through space to synchronize all connected nodes.

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