Table 1. Model parameters, their symbols, and nominal values for two parameter sets.

Parameter	Symbol	Nominal value
Maximum firing-rate of cortical population	$S_C^{max}$	130 Hz
Maximum firing-rate of thalamic population	$S_T^{max}$	100 Hz
Mean firing threshold of cortical population	$V_C^{th}$	25 mV
Mean firing threshold of thalamic population	$V_T^{th}$	25 mV
Firing rate variance	σ	10 mV
Type-I population effect constant	ρ	0.05 mV−1
Excitatory synaptic rise rate	αe	1000 s−1
Excitatory synaptic decay rate	βe	100 s−1
Inhibitory synaptic rise rate	αi	500 s−1
Inhibitory synaptic decay rate	βi	10 s−1
Excitatory synaptic gain	ae	1 mVs
Inhibitory synaptic gain	ai	1 mVs
Synaptic strength from E to E neurons	KEE	0.1 mVs
Synaptic strength from E to I neurons	KIE	0.3 mVs
Synaptic strength from E to S neurons	KSE	0.8 mVs
Synaptic strength from E to R neurons	KRE	0.2 mVs
Synaptic strength from I to I neurons	KII	0.2 mVs
Synaptic strength from I to E neurons	KEI	0.6 mVs
Synaptic strength from S to E neurons	KES	0.8 mVs
Synaptic strength from S to R neurons	KRS	0.1 mVs
Synaptic strength from R to S neurons	KSR	0.8 mVs
Constant external input	I0	0.1 mV
Intensity of external thalamic noise	κ	0.5 mV
Cortico-thalamic delay transmission	τTC	60 ms
Thalamo-cortical delay transmission	τCT	20 ms
Time delay transmission in CTC loop	τ	80 ms