Sequence generation in inhibition-dominated neural networks

TL;DR

This paper discusses how certain inhibition-dominated neural networks can generate sequential activity patterns, highlighting specific architectures that produce such dynamics.

Contribution

It provides an overview of network architectures capable of producing sequential dynamics in inhibition-dominated neural networks, based on prior detailed results.

Findings

Networks can generate stable sequences of activity

Inhibition-dominated architecture influences dynamics

Specific architectures enable sequential pattern generation

Abstract

This is a brief overview of results from [arXiv:2107.10244, ref 11], on network architectures that produce sequential dynamics in a special family of inhibition-dominated neural networks. It was written for SIAM DSWeb.