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Published February 1, 2003 | public
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Robustness and enhancement of neural synchronization by activity-dependent coupling

Abstract

We study the synchronization of two model neurons coupled through a synapse having an activity-dependent strength. Our synapse follows the rules of spike-timing dependent plasticity. We show that this plasticity of the coupling between neurons produces enlarged frequency-locking zones and results in synchronization that is more rapid and much more robust against noise than classical synchronization arising from connections with constant strength. We also present a simple discrete map model that demonstrates the generality of the phenomenon.

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©2003 The American Physical Society (Received 7 February 2002; published 6 February 2003) This work was partially supported by U.S. Department of Energy Grant Nos. DE-FG03-90ER14138 and DE-FG03-96ER14592, NSF Grant Nos. PHY0097134 and EIA-0130708, Army Research Office Grant No. DAAD19-01-1-0026, Office of Naval Research Grant No. N00014-00-1-0181, and NIH Grant No. R01 NS40110-01A2. R.H. thanks MCyT (Spain) for Grant No. BFI2000-0157.

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