Jorge Cortés

Professor

Cymer Corporation Endowed Chair





Sufficient conditions for oscillations in competitive linear-threshold brain networks
M. McCreesh, T. Menara, J. Cortés
IEEE Control Systems Letters (7) (2023), 2886-2891


Abstract

Oscillatory activity is highly prevalent in the brain. Oscillations with specific characteristics are associated with a variety of healthy and diseased brain functions. This paper considers two mesoscale brain network models described by linear-threshold and threshold-linear dynamics and takes on the analytical characterization of the emergence of oscillations. The synaptic connectivity is described by an arbitrary network interconnection topology that allows for self-excitatory nodes. We provide a structural characterization for the existence of stable node sets that support asymptotically stable equilibria and identify sufficient conditions for oscillatory behavior in competitive linear-threshold and threshold-linear dynamics. Simulations illustrate our results.

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