Eur. Phys. J. B (2016) 89: 161
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2016-70282-4

Regular Article

Effect of spike-timing-dependent plasticity on coherence resonance and synchronization transitions by time delay in adaptive neuronal networks

School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, Shandong 264025, P.R. China

^a e-mail: gongyubing@ustc.edu

Received: 7 May 2016
Received in final form: 29 May 2016
Published online: 4 July 2016

Abstract

In this paper, we numerically study how time delay induces multiple coherence resonance (MCR) and synchronization transitions (ST) in adaptive Hodgkin-Huxley neuronal networks with spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP). It is found that MCR induced by time delay STDP can be either enhanced or suppressed as the adjusting rate A_p of STDP changes, and ST by time delay varies with the increase of A_p, and there is optimal A_p by which the ST becomes strongest. It is also found that there are optimal network randomness and network size by which ST by time delay becomes strongest, and when A_p increases, the optimal network randomness and optimal network size increase and related ST is enhanced. These results show that STDP can either enhance or suppress MCR and optimal STDP can enhance ST induced by time delay in the adaptive neuronal networks. These findings provide a new insight into STDP’s role for the information processing and transmission in neural systems.