Journal
NEURAL NETWORKS
Volume 35, Issue -, Pages 40-45Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2012.08.002
Keywords
Repulsive coupling; Phase disorder; Subthreshold signal; FitzHugh-Nagumo model; Stochastic resonance
Funding
- FAPESP of Brazil [2010/50614-7, 2011/50151-0]
- CNPq of Brazil [306227/2011-8, 560031/2010-6]
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It has been revealed that the network of excitable neurons via attractive coupling can generate spikes under stimuli of subthreshold signals with disordered phases. In this paper, we explore the firing activity induced by phase disorder in excitable neuronal networks consisting of both attractive and repulsive coupling. By increasing the fraction of repulsive coupling, we find that, in the weak coupling strength case, the firing threshold of phase disorder is increased and the system response to subthreshold signals is decreased, indicating that the effect of inducing neuron firing by phase disorder is weakened with repulsive coupling. Interestingly, in the large coupling strength case, we see an opposite situation, where the coupled neurons show a rather large response to the subthreshold signals even with small phase disorder. The latter case implies that the effect of phase disorder is enhanced by repulsive coupling. A system of two-coupled excitable neurons is used to explain the role of repulsive coupling on phase-disorder-induced firing activity. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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