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. 2011 Oct 27;7(10):e1002248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002248

Figure 13. Fast-slow analysis of network oscillations: analysis of the reduced model.

Figure 13

Synaptic parameters are as in Figure 12. (A) The bifurcation diagram of the fast subsystem is presented by plotting M R as a function of the parameter u LR. Solid black lines denote branches of stable fixed points; M L = 0 on the upper line and M F = 0 on the lower line. The points Inline graphic and Inline graphic (Equations 31, 32) are denoted by black solid circles. The green line denotes the slow nullcline of Equation 30, u LR = CM R/(1+CM R). The red line denotes the projection of the limit cycle of the full dynamical system (Equations 1, 3–6) on the M Ru LR plane. Parameters: I R = 0.29, I F = 0.232. (B) Phase diagram of the RS-LTS-FS network in the I RI F plane. The network exhibits slow network oscillations in the grey area. Outside of this regime, the network reaches a steady state with constant M R, M L, and M F. The LTS and FS populations are quiescent to the left of the black line. To the right of the black line and below the blue line, M F = 0 and M L>0. To the right of the black line and to the left and above the green line, M L = 0 and M F>0. To the right of the green line and above the red line, M L>0 and M F>0.