A geometrical solution underlies general neural principle for serial ordering

G Di Antonio, S Raglio, M Mattia - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
A general mathematical description of how the brain sequentially encodes knowledge
remains elusive. We propose a linear solution for serial learning tasks, based on the concept …

Lattice physics approaches for neural networks

G Bardella, S Franchini, P Pani, S Ferraina - iScience, 2024 - cell.com
Modern neuroscience has evolved into a frontier field that draws on numerous disciplines,
resulting in the flourishing of novel conceptual frames primarily inspired by physics and …

Bursting gamma oscillations in neural mass models

MK Nandi, M Valla, M Di Volo - Frontiers in Computational …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Gamma oscillations (30–120 Hz) in the brain are not periodic cycles, but they typically
appear in short-time windows, often called oscillatory bursts. While the origin of this bursting …

How connection probability shapes fluctuations of neural population dynamics

NE Greven, J Ranft, T Schwalger - arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.16111, 2024 - arxiv.org
Mean-field models of neuronal populations in the brain have proven extremely useful to
understand network dynamics and response to stimuli, but these models generally lack a …

Inherent trade-off in noisy neural communication with rank-order coding

I Alsolami, T Fukai - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
Rank-order coding, a form of temporal coding, has emerged as a promising scheme to
explain the rapid ability of the mammalian brain. Owing to its speed as well as efficiency …

Minimizing information loss reduces spiking neuronal networks to differential equations

J Chang, Z Li, Z Wang, L Tao, ZC Xiao - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.14801, 2024 - arxiv.org
Spiking neuronal networks (SNNs) are widely used in computational neuroscience, from
biologically realistic modeling of local cortical networks to phenomenological modeling of …

Escape time in bistable neuronal populations driven by colored synaptic noise

GV Vinci, M Mattia - arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.05391, 2024 - arxiv.org
Local networks of neurons are nonlinear systems driven by synaptic currents elicited by its
own spiking activity and the input received from other brain areas. Synaptic currents are well …

On the physiological and structural contributors to the overall balance of excitation and inhibition in local cortical networks

F Shirani, H Choi - Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 2024 - Springer
Overall balance of excitation and inhibition in cortical networks is central to their functionality
and normal operation. Such orchestrated co-evolution of excitation and inhibition is …

Global and local nature of cortical slow waves

J Alegre-Cortés, M Mattia, M Sáez, R Reig - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Explaining the macroscopic activity of a recorded neuronal population from its known
microscopic properties still poses a great challenge, not just because of the many local …

Rosetta stone for the population dynamics of spiking neuron networks

GV Vinci, M Mattia - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
Populations of spiking neuron models have densities of their microscopic variables (eg,
single-cell membrane potentials) whose evolution fully capture the collective dynamics of …