All Outputs (5)

Next-generation neural mass and field modeling (2019)
Journal Article
Byrne, Á., O’Dea, R. D., Coombes, S., Forrester, M., & Ross, J. (2020). Next-generation neural mass and field modeling. Journal of Neurophysiology, 123(2), 726-742. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00406.2019

The Wilson-Cowan population model of neural activity has greatly influenced our understanding of the mechanisms for the generation of brain rhythms and the emergence of structured brain activity. As well as the many insights that have been obtained f... Read More about Next-generation neural mass and field modeling.

A master stability function approach to cardiac alternans (2019)
Journal Article
Lai, Y. M., Veasy, J., Coombes, S., & Thul, R. (2019). A master stability function approach to cardiac alternans. Applied Network Science, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-019-0199-z

During a single heartbeat, muscle cells in the heart contract and relax. Under healthy conditions, the behaviour of these muscle cells is almost identical from one beat to the next. However, this regular rhythm can be disturbed giving rise to a varie... Read More about A master stability function approach to cardiac alternans.

Synchrony in networks of Franklin bells (2019)
Journal Article
Sayli, M., Lai, Y. M., Thul, R., & Coombes, S. (2019). Synchrony in networks of Franklin bells. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 84(5), 1001-1021. https://doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxz023

The Franklin bell is an electro-mechanical oscillator that can generate a repeating chime in the presence of an electric field. Benjamin Franklin famously used it as a lightning detector. The chime arises from the impact of a metal ball on a metal be... Read More about Synchrony in networks of Franklin bells.

Complex patterns of subcellular cardiac alternans (2019)
Journal Article
Veasy, J., Lai, Y. M., Coombes, S., & Thul, R. (2019). Complex patterns of subcellular cardiac alternans. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 478, 102-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2019.06.016

Cardiac alternans, in which the membrane potential and the intracellular calcium concentration exhibit alternating durations and peak amplitudes at consecutive beats, constitute a precursor to fatal cardiac arrhythmia such as sudden cardiac death. A... Read More about Complex patterns of subcellular cardiac alternans.

Next-generation neural field model: The evolution of synchrony within patterns and waves (2019)
Journal Article
Byrne, Á., Avitabile, D., & Coombes, S. (2019). Next-generation neural field model: The evolution of synchrony within patterns and waves. Physical Review E, 99(1), Article 012313. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.99.012313

Neural field models are commonly used to describe wave propagation and bump attractors at a tissue level in the brain. Although motivated by biology, these models are phenomenological in nature. They are built on the assumption that the neural tissue... Read More about Next-generation neural field model: The evolution of synchrony within patterns and waves.