Biophysical modulation and robustness of itinerant complexity in neuronal networks.

Transient synchronization of bursting activity in neuronal networks, which occurs in patterns of metastable itinerant phase relationships between neurons, is a notable feature of network dynamics observed . However, the mechanisms that contribute to this dynamical complexity in neuronal circuits are not well understood. Local circuits in cortical regions consist of populations of neurons with diverse intrinsic oscillatory features.