Oscillations via Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity in a Feed-Forward Model.

ABSTRACT: Neuronal oscillatory activity has been reported in relation to a wide range of cognitive processes including the encoding of external stimuli, attention, and learning. Although the specific role of these oscillations has yet to be determined, it is clear that neuronal oscillations are abundant in the central nervous system. This raises the question of the origin of these oscillations: are the mechanisms for generating these oscillations genetically hard-wired or can they be acquired via a learning process? Here, we study the conditions under which oscillatory activity emerges through a process of spike timing dependent plasticity (STDP) in a feed-forward architecture. First, we analyze the effect of oscillations on STDP-driven synaptic dynamics of a single synapse, and study how the parame

SUBMITTER: Luz Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4833372 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature