Traveling pulses in a stochastic neural field model of direction selectivity
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Traveling pulses in a stochastic neural field model of direction selectivity
We analyze the effects of extrinsic noise on traveling pulses in a neural field model of direction selectivity. The model consists of a one-dimensional scalar neural field with an asymmetric weight distribution consisting of an offset Mexican hat function. We first show how, in the absence of any noise, the system supports spontaneously propagating traveling pulses that can lock to externally m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1662-5188
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2012.00090