Abstract
Topographic connections are found in many parts of the vertebrate nervous systems, known for example as retinotopy. The self-organizing ability of Hebb type modifiable synapses plays an important role in forming, at least in refining, the topographic connections. We present a mathematical analysis of a revised version of the Willshaw-Malsburg model of topographic formation, solving the equations of synaptic self-organization coupled with the field equation of neural excitations. The equilibrium solutions are obtained and their stability is studied. It is proved that two cases exist depending on parameters. In one case, the smooth topographic organization is obtained as a stable equilibrium of the equations. In the other case, this solution becomes unstable, and instead the topographic organization with columnar microstructures appears. This might explain the columnar structures in the cerebrum. The theory is confirmed by computer simulated experiments.
Keywords
Self-organizationComplex systemField (mathematics)Pattern formationStability (learning theory)RetinotopyStatistical physicsMathematicsBiological systemComputer scienceNeurosciencePhysicsArtificial intelligencePure mathematicsVisual fieldBiology
MeSH Terms
ComputersMathematicsModelsNeurologicalNerve NetNervous SystemNeuronsSynapses
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- 35
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- 2
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- 63-72
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A. Takeuchi,
Шун-ичи Амари
(1979).
Formation of topographic maps and columnar microstructures in nerve fields.
Biological Cybernetics
, 35
(2)
, 63-72.
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00337432
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- DOI
- 10.1007/bf00337432
- PMID
- 518933