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

Federico Devalle; Alex Roxin; Ernest Montbrió

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005881

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

Federico Devalle,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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Alex Roxin,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Campus de Bellaterra, Edifici C, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Ernest Montbrió

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ernest.montbrio@upf.edu

Affiliation Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3700-7519

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

Federico Devalle,
Alex Roxin,
Ernest Montbrió

Published: December 29, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005881

About the Authors

Federico Devalle

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Alex Roxin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Campus de Bellaterra, Edifici C, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Ernest Montbrió

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ernest.montbrio@upf.edu

Affiliation Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3700-7519

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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