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  • Title: Phase synchronization of bursting neurons in clustered small-world networks.
    Author: Batista CA, Lameu EL, Batista AM, Lopes SR, Pereira T, Zamora-López G, Kurths J, Viana RL.
    Journal: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys; 2012 Jul; 86(1 Pt 2):016211. PubMed ID: 23005511.
    Abstract:
    We investigate the collective dynamics of bursting neurons on clustered networks. The clustered network model is composed of subnetworks, each of them presenting the so-called small-world property. This model can also be regarded as a network of networks. In each subnetwork a neuron is connected to other ones with regular as well as random connections, the latter with a given intracluster probability. Moreover, in a given subnetwork each neuron has an intercluster probability to be connected to the other subnetworks. The local neuron dynamics has two time scales (fast and slow) and is modeled by a two-dimensional map. In such small-world network the neuron parameters are chosen to be slightly different such that, if the coupling strength is large enough, there may be synchronization of the bursting (slow) activity. We give bounds for the critical coupling strength to obtain global burst synchronization in terms of the network structure, that is, the probabilities of intracluster and intercluster connections. We find that, as the heterogeneity in the network is reduced, the network global synchronizability is improved. We show that the transitions to global synchrony may be abrupt or smooth depending on the intercluster probability.
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