Astrocyte-induced intermittent synchronization of neurons in a minimal network

S Yu Makovkin, I V Shkerin, S Yu Gordleeva and M V Ivanchenko

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2020, vol. 138, issue C

Abstract: We investigate the impact of mixed coupling on synchronization in a minimal multiplex neuro-astrocytal ensemble, inspired by physiological systems. We find that calcium activity in astrocytes can effectively mediate neural interactions and control cooperative dynamics of neurons. In particular, astrocytes can induce the intermittent synchronization of a pair synaptically coupled fast spiking Hodgkin-Huxley neurons on the slow timescale of calcium oscillations.

Keywords: Synchronization; Multiple timescales; Neuron-astrocyte network; Hodgkin-Huxley neuron; Ullah-Jung astrocyte (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2020.109951

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