A symbolic information approach to determine anticipated and delayed synchronization in neuronal circuit models

FERNANDO MONTANI; OSVALDO A. ROSSO; FERNANDA S. MATIAS; STEVEN L. BRESSLER; CLAUDIO R. MIRASSO

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

ROYAL SOC

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2015 vol. 373

1364-503X

The phenomenon of synchronization between two or more areas of the brain coupled asymmetrically is a relevant issue for understanding mechanisms and functions within the cerebral cortex. Anticipated synchronization (AS) refers to the situation in which the receiver system synchronizes to the future dynamics of the sender system while the intuitively expected delayed synchronization (DS) represents exactly the opposite case. AS and DS are investigated in the context of causal information formalism. More specifically, we use a multi-scale symbolicinformation-theory approach for discriminating the time delay displayed between two areas of the brain when they exchange information.