- These are all important and relevant points as well. As are others made in these and other threads about oscillations. But one line of thinking I find missing is that of seeing it all as a singular dynamical system. Spiking networks produce activity that organizes in oscillatory bursts. (1/3)
- Evidence shows that oscillations organize spiking, modulate spike timing (which can regulate plasticity via STDP), play a role in memory consolidation during sleep, and define computational primitives like sequence and subspaces. I can post some papers, if needed.
- Think of the canonical example of gamma produced by PING. So when seen in that light, to me anyway, if we can change oscillations, then we change the overall attractor state of the circuit. If we can do that, then it's inevitable we change function. (2/3)
- For e.g. for patients with epilepsy, stopping seizures stops both the dynamics and clinical symptoms. That's the most drastic example I can think of. (3/3)
