Hub-activated signal transmission in complex networks
arXiv:1403.6422 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.89.030701
Abstract
A wide range of networked systems exhibit highly connected nodes (hubs) as prominent structural elements. The functional roles of hubs in the collective nonlinear dynamics of many such networks, however, are not well understood. Here we propose that hubs in neural circuits may activate local signal transmission along sequences of specific subnetworks. Intriguingly, in contrast to previous suggestions of the functional roles of hubs, here not the hubs themselves, but non-hub subnetworks transfer the signals. The core mechanism relies on hubs and non-hubs providing activating feedback to each other. It may thus induce the propagation of specific pulse and rate signals in neuronal and other communication networks.
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