2022 - T1 - WS2 - Mathematical modeling and statistical analysis in neuroscience

Collection 2022 - T1 - WS2 - Mathematical modeling and statistical analysis in neuroscience

Organizer(s) Ditlevsen, Susanne ; Faugeras, Olivier ; Galves, Antonio ; Reynaud-Bouret, Patricia ; Salort, Delphine ; Shinomoto, Shigeru
Date(s) 31/01/2022 - 04/02/2022
linked URL https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/6532/
00:00:00 / 00:00:00
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Neural networks in the replica-mean field limits

By Thibault Taillefumier

In this talk, we propose to decipher the activity of neural networks via a “multiply and conquer” approach. This approach considers limit networks made of infinitely many replicas with the same basic neural structure. The key point is that these so-called replica-mean-field networks are in fact simplified, tractable versions of neural networks that retain important features of the finite network structure of interest. The finite size of neuronal populations and synaptic interactions is a core determinant of neural activity, being responsible for non-zero correlation in the spiking activity and for finite transition rates between metastable neural states. Mathematically, we develop our replica framework by expanding on ideas from the theory of communication networks to rigorously establish Poissonian mean-field limits for spiking networks. Computationally, we leverage this replica approach to characterize the stationary spiking activity of certain networks of the Galves Löcherbach type via reduction to tractable functional equations. We conclude by discussing perspectives about how to use our replica framework to probe nontrivial regimes of spiking correlations and transition rates between metastable neural states.

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  • DOI 10.57987/IHP.2022.T1.WS2.004
  • Cite this video Taillefumier, Thibault (31/01/2022). Neural networks in the replica-mean field limits. IHP. Audiovisual resource. DOI: 10.57987/IHP.2022.T1.WS2.004
  • URL https://dx.doi.org/10.57987/IHP.2022.T1.WS2.004

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