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ArticleJournal of mathematical biology2019

A gradient flow formulation for the stochastic Amari neural field model.

Christian Kuehn, Jonas M Tölle

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Christian KuehnResearch Unit "Multiscale and Stochastic Dynamics", Faculty of Mathematics, Technical University of Munich, 85748, Garching bei München, Germany. ckuehn@ma.tum.de.ORCID 0000-0002-7063-6173
Jonas M TölleInstitut für Mathematik, Universität Augsburg, 86135, Augsburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6020-4131

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Abstract

We study stochastic Amari-type neural field equations, which are mean-field models for neural activity in the cortex. We prove that under certain assumptions on the coupling kernel, the neural field model can be viewed as a gradient flow in a nonlocal Hilbert space. This makes all gradient flow methods available for the analysis, which could previously not be used, as it was not known, whether a rigorous gradient flow formulation exists. We show that the equation is well-posed in the nonlocal Hilbert space in the sense that solutions starting in this space also remain in it for all times and space-time regularity results hold for the case of spatially correlated noise. Uniqueness of invariant measures, ergodic properties for the associated Feller semigroups, and several examples of kernels are also discussed.

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Computer SimulationModels, NeurologicalStochastic ProcessesAnimalsHumansNerve NetNeuronsGradient flow in nonlocal Hilbert spaceNonnegative kernelSpace-time regularity of solutionsSpatially correlated additive noiseStochastic Amari neural field equationUnique invariant measure of the ergodic Feller semigroup

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