Network structure of cascading neural systems predicts stimulus propagation and recovery.

Journal: Journal of neural engineering
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Many neural systems display spontaneous, spatiotemporal patterns of neural activity that are crucial for information processing. While these cascading patterns presumably arise from the underlying network of synaptic connections between neurons, the precise contribution of the network's local and global connectivity to these patterns and information processing remains largely unknown.

Authors

  • Harang Ju
    Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America.
  • Jason Z Kim
    Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America.
  • John M Beggs
    Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, United States of America.
  • Danielle S Bassett
    University of Pennsylvania.