Nonlinear equations of reaction-diffusion type for neural populations |
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Authors: | Takuji Kawahara Katsuyuki Katayama Tokuji Nogawa |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 2. Nogawa Clinic of Neurosurgery, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan
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Abstract: | Several simplified differential equations are derived from the Wilson and Cowan model describing the dynamics of excitatory and inhibitory neurons. It is shown, by expansions of the convolution integrals and the input-output functions, that the basic integrodifferential equations can be reduced to two coupled nonlinear partial differential equations of reaction-diffusion type. Further simplification leads to the coupled partial differential equations mathematically equivalent to the FitzHugh-Nagumo equations for the nerve impulse. Through a brief stability analysis in relation to the existing investigations on the bifurcation phenomena, an attempt is made to clarify the consequence due to the approximations introduced in this paper. |
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