Spatial awareness in mammals is based on an internalized representation of the environment, encoded by large networks of spiking neurons. While such representations can last for a long time, the underlying neuronal network is transient: neuronal cells die every day, synaptic connections appear and disappear, the networks constantly change their architecture due to various forms of synaptic and structural plasticity. How can a network with a dynamic architecture encode a stable map of space? We address this question using a physiological model of a “flick-ering” neuronal network and demonstrate that it can maintain a robust topological representation of space.
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Babichev, A., & Dabaghian, Y. (2017). Persistent memories in transient networks. In Springer Proceedings in Physics (Vol. 191, pp. 179–188). Springer Science and Business Media, LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47810-4_14
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