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Networks in the brain consist of different types of neurons. Here we investigate the influence of neuron diversity on the dynamics, phase space structure and computational capabilities of spiking neural networks. We find that already a…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2019-10-09 Paul Manz , Sven Goedeke , Raoul-Martin Memmesheimer

In this paper, we consider a model of impulsive recurrent neural networks with piecewise constant delay. The dynamics are presented by differential equations with discontinuities such as impulses at fixed moments and piecewise constant…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-08-03 M. U. Akhmet , E. Yilmaz

We investigate numerically the collective dynamical behavior of pulse-coupled non-leaky integrate-and-fire-neurons that are arranged on a two-dimensional small-world network. To ensure ongoing activity, we impose a probability for…

Computational Physics · Physics 2012-02-15 Alexander Rothkegel , Klaus Lehnertz

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) have attracted much attention due to their ability to process temporal information, low power consumption, and higher biological plausibility. However, it is still challenging to develop efficient and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Chunming Jiang , Yilei Zhang

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) offer a biologically plausible and energy-efficient framework for temporal information processing. However, existing studies overlook a fundamental property widely observed in biological neurons-synaptic…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-08-19 Zhichao Deng , Zhikun Liu , Junxue Wang , Shengqian Chen , Xiang Wei , Qiang Yu

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) have gained increasing attention as energy-efficient neural networks owing to their binary and asynchronous computation. However, their non-linear activation, that is Leaky-Integrate-and-Fire (LIF) neuron,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-31 Youngeun Kim , Yuhang Li , Abhishek Moitra , Ruokai Yin , Priyadarshini Panda

We investigate numerically the dynamics of large networks of $N$ globally pulse-coupled integrate and fire neurons in a noise-induced synchronized state. The powerspectrum of an individual element within the network is shown to exhibit in…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-28 Wouter-Jan Rappel , Alain Karma

We extensively explore networks of weakly unbalanced, leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) neurons for different coupling strength, connectivity, and by varying the degree of refractoriness, as well as the delay in the spike transmission. We find…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2018-12-14 Antonio Politi , Ekkehard Ullner , Alessandro Torcini

Idealized networks of integrate-and-fire neurons with impulse-like interactions obey McKean-Vlasov diffusion equations in the mean-field limit. These equations are prone to blowups: for a strong enough interaction coupling, the mean-field…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-25 Nikolaos Papadopoulos , Thibaud Taillefumier

We study analytically the dynamics of a network of sparsely connected inhibitory integrate-and-fire neurons in a regime where individual neurons emit spikes irregularly and at a low rate. In the limit when the number of neurons N tends to…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Brunel , V. Hakim

The population activity of random networks of excitatory and inhibitory leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) neurons has been studied extensively. In particular, a state of asynchronous activity with low firing rates and low pairwise correlations…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2015-06-03 Volker Pernice , Benjamin Staude , Stefano Cardanobile , Stefan Rotter

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are the current state-of-the-art models in many speech related tasks. There is a growing interest, though, for more biologically realistic, hardware friendly and energy efficient models, named Spiking Neural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-16 Thomas Pellegrini , Romain Zimmer , Timothée Masquelier

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) capture the information processing mechanism of the brain by taking advantage of spiking neurons, such as the Leaky Integrate-and-Fire (LIF) model neuron, which incorporates temporal dynamics and transmits…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Zexiang Yi , Jing Lian , Yunliang Qi , Zhaofei Yu , Huajin Tang , Yide Ma , Jizhao Liu

Motor imagery, an important category in electroencephalogram (EEG) research, often intersects with scenarios demanding low energy consumption, such as portable medical devices and isolated environment operations. Traditional deep learning…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Chuhan Zhang , Wei Pan , Cosimo Della Santina

Accurate and efficient time-series forecasting remains a challenging problem for both classical and quantum neural architectures, particularly in multivariate environmental settings. This work adapts the Quantum Leaky Integrate-and-Fire…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Alberto Marchisio , Aayan Ebrahim , Nouhaila Innan , Muhammad Kashif , Muhammad Shafique

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) have emerged as energy-efficient alternatives to traditional artificial neural networks, leveraging asynchronous and biologically inspired neuron dynamics. Among existing neuron models, the Leaky…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Eric Jahns , Davi Moreno , Milan Stojkov , Michel A. Kinsy

Spike correlations between neurons are ubiquitous in the cortex, but their role is at present not understood. Here we describe the firing response of a leaky integrate-and-fire neuron (LIF) when it receives a temporarily correlated input…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2007-10-15 Ruben Moreno-Bote , Alfonso Renart , Nestor Parga

The elapsed time model has been widely studied in the context of mathematical neuroscience with many open questions left. The model consists of an age-structured equation that describes the dynamics of interacting neurons structured by the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-22 Maria Caceres , Benoît Perthame , Delphine Salort , Nicolas Torres

In large-scale excitatory neuronal networks, rapid synchronization manifests as {multiple firing events (MFEs)}, mathematically characterized by a finite-time blow-up of the neuronal firing rate in the mean-field Fokker-Planck equation.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-23 Xu'an Dou , Louis Tao , Zhe Xue , Zhennan Zhou

In order to describe the firing activity of a homogenous assembly of neurons, we consider time elapsed models, which give mathematical descriptions of the probability density of neurons structured by the distribution of times elapsed since…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-28 S Mischler , Q Weng