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. 2012 Jun 7;7(6):e38402. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038402

Figure 7. The bifurcation behaviors in the mean field model.

Figure 7

(A) Bifurcation diagram with Inline graphic and with the variation of Inline graphic. Here, the asymptotical dynamics of the Inline graphic-component are taken into account. The black line and the dash line represent the stable and the unstable fixed points, respectively. For each Inline graphic, the blue and the red dots represent the eventually upper-and-lower boundaries of the stable and the unstable limit cycles in the Inline graphic-component. (B) The trajectories of the system (8) when Inline graphic Hz and Inline graphic (see also the phase orbit in Fig. 5F). The sharp peaks in the left plot and the sharp valleys in the right plot reflect the characteristics of the slow-fast dynamical system. (C) The bifurcation transition regulated by the input rate Inline graphic with Inline graphic. The inner plot indicates the dynamics of the input rate with respect to time. We set Inline graphicHz for Inline graphic(in seconds), Inline graphic Hz for Inline graphic, Inline graphic Hz for Inline graphic and Inline graphic Hz for Inline graphic. (D) Network bursting dynamics in: (blue line) the SNN composed of 48 neurons and 12 dendrites. (red line) the ‘network’ replicated from the traces of voltage and store level in the mean field model with Inline graphic. Note that bursting events are recorded if the firing rate is >30 Hz in the SNN, while the burst frequency in the mean field model is the reciprocal of the period of the stable limit cycle.