Firing rate equations require a spike synchrony mechanism to correctly describe fast oscillations in inhibitory networks.

Recurrently coupled networks of inhibitory neurons robustly generate oscillations in the gamma band. Nonetheless, the corresponding Wilson-Cowan type firing rate equation for such an inhibitory population does not generate such oscillations without an explicit time delay. We show that this discrepan...

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Main Authors: Federico Devalle, Alex Roxin, Ernest Montbrió
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-12-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5764488?pdf=render