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The problem of training spiking neural networks (SNNs) is a necessary precondition to understanding computations within the brain, a field still in its infancy. Previous work has shown that supervised learning in multi-layer SNNs enables…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-03-12 Amirhossein Tavanaei , Anthony S. Maida

Precise spatio-temporal patterns of neuronal action potentials underly e.g. sensory representations and control of muscle activities. However, it is not known how the synaptic efficacies in the neuronal networks of the brain adapt such that…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2015-02-24 Christian Albers , Maren Westkott , Klaus Pawelzik

Recent biological experimental findings have shown that synaptic plasticity depends on the relative timing of pre- and post-synaptic spikes and this is called spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP). Many authors have claimed that a…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Narihisa Matsumoto , Masato Okada

Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) provides a biologically grounded learning rule for spiking neural networks (SNNs), but its reliance on precise spike timing and pairwise updates limits fast learning of weights. We introduce a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Gouri Lakshmi S , Athira Chandrasekharan , Harshit Kumar , Muhammed Sahad E , Bikas C Das , Saptarshi Bej

Spike-timing-dependent plasticity(STDP) is a biological process of synaptic modification caused by the difference of firing order and timing between neurons. One of the neurodynamical roles of STDP is to form a macroscopic geometrical…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2021-08-10 Hong-Gyu Yoon , Pilwon Kim

We introduce Spike Agreement Dependent Plasticity (SADP), a biologically inspired synaptic learning rule for Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) that relies on the agreement between pre- and post-synaptic spike trains rather than precise…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Saptarshi Bej , Muhammed Sahad E , Gouri Lakshmi , Harshit Kumar , Pritam Kar , Bikas C Das

Triplet-based Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity (TSTDP) is a powerful synaptic plasticity rule that acts beyond conventional pair-based STDP (PSTDP). Here, the TSTDP is capable of reproducing the outcomes from a variety of biological…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-04-02 Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi , Said Al-Sarawi , Derek Abbott , Nicolangelo Iannella

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) promise energy-efficient computation by mimicking biological neural dynamics, yet existing plasticity rules focus on isolated spike pairs and fail to leverage the synchronous activity patterns that drive…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Yuchen Tian , Assel Kembay , Samuel Tensingh , Nhan Duy Truong , Jason K. Eshraghian , Omid Kavehei

Synapse plays an important role of learning in a neural network; the learning rules which modify the synaptic strength based on the timing difference between the pre- and post-synaptic spike occurrence is termed as Spike Time Dependent…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-12-31 Roshan Gopalakrishnan , Arindam Basu

Several learning rules for synaptic plasticity, that depend on either spike timing or internal state variables, have been proposed in the past imparting varying computational capabilities to Spiking Neural Networks. Due to design…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-01-09 Sadique Sheik , Somnath Paul , Charles Augustine , Gert Cauwenberghs

Neuronal oscillations are closely related to the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). In this study, we explore how random fluctuations (or "stochastic inputs") affect these oscillations in brain states, which reflect the collective…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-02-24 Thoa Thieu , Roderick Melnik

Learning is based on synaptic plasticity, which affects and is driven by neural activity. Because pre- and postsynaptic spiking activity is shaped by randomness, the synaptic weights follow a stochastic process, requiring a probabilistic…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2026-01-14 Jakob Stubenrauch , Naomi Auer , Richard Kempter , Benjamin Lindner

In neural systems, synaptic plasticity is usually driven by spike trains. Due to the inherent noises of neurons, synapses and networks, spike trains typically exhibit externally uncontrollable variability such as spatial heterogeneity and…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2015-06-18 Zedong Bi , Changsong Zhou , Hai-Jun Zhou

Synchronization is a widespread phenomenon in the brain. Despite numerous studies, the specific parameter configurations of the synaptic network structure and learning rules needed to achieve robust and enduring synchronization in neurons…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-08-15 Marius E. Yamakou , Mathieu Desroches , Serafim Rodrigues

The collective dynamics of excitatory pulse coupled neurons with spike timing dependent plasticity (STDP) is studied. The introduction of STDP induces persistent irregular oscillations between strongly and weakly synchronized states,…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2013-05-21 Kaare Mikkelsen , Alberto Imparato , Alessandro Torcini

Latency reduction of postsynaptic spikes is a well-known effect of Synaptic Time-Dependent Plasticity. We expand this notion for long postsynaptic spike trains, showing that, for a fixed input spike train, STDP reduces the number of…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2019-07-26 Pau Vilimelis Aceituno , Masud Ehsani , Jürgen Jost

We consider the Watts-Strogatz small-world network consisting of subthreshold neurons which exhibit noise-induced spikings. This neuronal network has adaptive dynamic synaptic strengths governed by the spike-timing-dependent plasticity…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2017-08-16 Sang-Yoon Kim , Woochang Lim

Rhythmic activity has been associated with a wide range of cognitive processes. Previous studies have shown that spike-timing-dependent plasticity can facilitate the transfer of rhythmic activity downstream the information processing…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2020-09-09 Nimrod Sherf , Maoz Shamir

The collective dynamics of excitatory pulse coupled neural networks with spike timing dependent plasticity (STDP) is studied. Depending on the model parameters stationary states characterized by High or Low Synchronization can be observed.…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-04-14 Kaare Mikkelsen , Alberto Imparato , Alessandro Torcini

We study the dynamics of the structure of a formal neural network wherein the strengths of the synapses are governed by spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP). For properly chosen input signals, there exists a steady state with a residual…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2015-05-18 Quansheng Ren , Kiran M. Kolwankar , Areejit Samal , Jürgen Jost