Author:
Kazemi Sheida,Jamali Yousef
Abstract
AbstractSynchronization has an important role in neural networks dynamics that is mostly accompanied by cognitive activities such as memory, learning, and perception. These activities arise from collective neural behaviors and are not totally understood yet. This paper aims to investigate a cortical model from this perspective. Historically, epilepsy has been regarded as a functional brain disorder associated with excessive synchronization of large neural populations. Epilepsy is believed to arise as a result of complex interactions between neural networks characterized by dynamic synchronization. In this paper, we investigated a network of neural populations in a way the dynamics of each node corresponded to the Jansen–Rit neural mass model. First, we study a one-column Jansen–Rit neural mass model for four different input levels. Then, we considered a Watts–Strogatz network of Jansen–Rit oscillators. We observed an epileptic activity in the weak input level. The network is considered to change various parameters. The detailed results including the mean time series, phase spaces, and power spectrum revealed a wide range of different behaviors such as epilepsy, healthy, and a transition between synchrony and asynchrony states. In some points of coupling coefficients, there is an abrupt change in the order parameters. Since the critical state is a dynamic candidate for healthy brains, we considered some measures of criticality and investigated them at these points. According to our study, some markers of criticality can occur at these points, while others may not. This occurrence is a result of the nature of the specific order parameter selected to observe these markers. In fact, The definition of a proper order parameter is key and must be defined properly. Our view is that the critical points exhibit clear characteristics and invariance of scale, instead of some types of markers. As a result, these phase transition points are not critical as they show no evidence of scaling invariance.
Funder
Cognitive Sciences and Technologies Council
the Research Core: “Bio-Mathematics with computational approach” of Tarbiat Modares University
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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