Impact of Adaptation Currents on Synchronization of Coupled Exponential Integrate-and-Fire Neurons
Figure 9
Impact of adaptation on the behavior of aEIF networks.
Degree of network synchronization (A) and phase locking
(B) of
aEIF neurons without adaptation,
(black frame) and either adaptation component, respectively,
,
(blue frame),
,
(red frame), driven to 40 Hz spiking, all-to-all coupled without self-feedback, for various conduction delays and synaptic conductances.
and
are random (uniformly distributed) in the indicated intervals. Specifically,
,
and
,
, with units in parenthesis. The PRCs of the three neuron types described above are shown in the top row. C: Time course of
for networks without delays and equal synaptic strengths, as indicated by the symbols in A. Each
and
value represents an average over three simulation runs. D: Raster plots for neuron and network parameters as indicated by the symbols in B, where the neurons in the columns are sorted according to their last spike time.