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Probe the Potts states in the minicolumn dynamics

  • Sanming Song*
  • , Hongxun Yao
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Minicolumn has been widely accepted not only as the basic structural element of the cortex anatomically, but also as the fundamental functional unit physiologically. And, it is believed by many theorists that the minicolumn may function as a Potts spine, only takes on finite discrete states. But its feasibility is unclear. In order to provide a biophysical evidence for the Potts assumption, a model is proposed to analyze the dynamics of minicolumn. With simulation, we found that Potts states may originate from the temporary high synchronization of neuronal subsets. Furthermore, after analyzing the average number of synchronous spiking neurons, we propose a novel and important assumption that, intrinsically-busting neurons may play a critical role in stabilizing the Potts states.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Neural Networks - 8th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2011
Pages17-26
Number of pages10
EditionPART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event8th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2011 - Guilin, China
Duration: 29 May 20111 Jun 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 1
Volume6675 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference8th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuilin
Period29/05/111/06/11

Keywords

  • Potts states
  • intrinsically-busting neuron
  • minicolumn

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