Journal
NEURAL COMPUTATION
Volume 31, Issue 4, Pages 653-680Publisher
MIT PRESS
DOI: 10.1162/neco_a_01173
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- European Union [H2020-720270, H2020-785907]
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Accurate population models are needed to build very large-scale neural models, but their derivation is difficult for realistic networks of neurons, in particular when nonlinear properties are involved, such as conductance-based interactions and spike-frequency adaptation. Here, we consider such models based on networks of adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire excitatory and inhibitory neurons. Using a master equation formalism, we derive a mean-field model of such networks and compare it to the full network dynamics. The mean-field model is capable of correctly predicting the average spontaneous activity levels in asynchronous irregular regimes similar to in vivo activity. It also captures the transient temporal response of the network to complex external inputs. Finally, the mean-field model is also able to quantitatively describe regimes where high- and low-activity states alternate (up-down state dynamics), leading to slow oscillations. We conclude that such mean-field models are biologically realistic in the sense that they can capture both spontaneous and evoked activity, and they naturally appear as candidates to build very large-scale models involving multiple brain areas.
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