2016/04/12 by Mengjiao Chen, Chen, Mengjiao, Weijie Lin +7
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Computer Science · Neuroscience · Physics and Astronomy · #Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD) #FOS: Biological sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #Neural dynamics and brain function #Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC) #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #nlin.CD #q-bio.NC #stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1604.03187
5 figures, 8 pages
arxiv created 2016/04/12 · openalex publication_date 2016/04/12 · arxiv updated 2016/04/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The dynamical responses of complex neuronal networks to external stimulus injected on a single neuron are investigated. Stimulating the largest-degree neuron in the network, it is found that as the intensity of the stimulus increases, the network will be transiting from the resting to firing states and then restoring to the resting state, showing a bounded firing region in the parameter space. Furthermore, it is found that as the coupling strength decreases, the firing region is gradually expanded and, at the weak couplings, separated into disconnected subregions. By a simplified network model, we conduct a detail analysis on the bifurcation diagram of the network dynamics in the two-dimensional parameter space spanned by stimulating intensity and coupling strength, and, by introducing a new coefficient named effective stimulus, explore the mechanisms of the modified firing region. It is revealed that the coupling strength and stimulating intensity are equally important in evoking the network, but with different mechanisms. Specifically, the effective stimuli are shifted up globally with the increase of the stimulating intensity, while are drawn closer with the increase of the coupling strength. The dynamical responses of small-world and random complex networks to external stimulus injected on the largest-degree neuron are also investigated, which confirm the generality of the observed phenomena.