Topic: network size

Cortical neurons exhibit rich, time-dependent patterns of activity that are often selective to specific stimuli. From a dynamical systems perspective, such complex activity can be conceptualized as transient amplification. It is still unclear if transient amplification is an artifact of a carefully tuned model, or a naturally occurring phenomenon. Moreover, minute changes in the connectivity of amplifying networks can cause catastrophic dynamic instabilities. How biological circuits could settle into stable, yet amplifying connectivity regimes in an ever-changing brain is unknown. Here, we sho