Fig. 10.

The top, middle and bottom panels show simulations of Eq. (1) without noise for stimuli with Λ_c=0.0286,−0.0077, and −0.0253, respectively. Left panels show voltage traces for each neuron, and right panels show ϕ(t) for the highlighted neurons in the left panels, as well as exponential functions fit to the data. We find that Λ_c underestimates the overall rate of desynchronization for each stimulus. However, calculation of Λ_c allows for qualitative prediction of the overall desynchronizing capabilities of a stimulus. For Λ_c sufficiently larger than 0, we should see marked exponential desynchronization. For Λ_c sufficiently smaller than 0, coupling will dominate, and we will not have desynchronization. For Λ_c≈0, we may or may not see desynchronization, but ϕ(t) may not be characterized by an exponential function