Partial synchronization patterns in brain networks
Eckehard Schöll
Abstract
Abstract Partial synchronization patterns play an important role in the functioning of neuronal networks, both in pathological and in healthy states. They include chimera states, which consist of spatially coexisting domains of coherent (synchronized) and incoherent (desynchronized) dynamics, and other complex patterns. In this perspective article we show that partial synchronization scenarios are governed by a delicate interplay of local dynamics and network topology. Our focus is in particular on applications of brain dynamics like unihemispheric sleep and epileptic seizure.
Topics & Concepts
Synchronization (alternating current)Perspective (graphical)Computer scienceFocus (optics)Topology (electrical circuits)Complex networkNetwork topologyNeuroscienceSynchronization networksStatistical physicsArtificial intelligencePhysicsMathematicsPsychologyComputer networkCombinatoricsOpticsWorld Wide WebChannel (broadcasting)Neural dynamics and brain functionNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formationstochastic dynamics and bifurcation