Figure 5.
Variations in excitatory and inhibitory cell density modify the dynamical regimes accessible to cortical regions. We model the effect of variations in excitatory and inhibitory cell density via perturbation parameters Re and Ri, respectively, as defined in Equation (5). Relative to the nominal bifurcation diagram, Re = Ri = 0 (black), we investigate variations in −0.1 ≤ Re ≤ 0.1 and −0.1 ≤ Ri ≤ 0.1. Four types of variation were investigated: (A) Re only (Ri = 0); (B) Ri only (Re = 0); (C) Re and Ri, such that Re = Ri; and (D) Re and Ri, such that Re = −Ri. The legend indicates values of Re.