Mechanism for antiphase synchronization in neuron models

Antiphase synchronization with weak diffusive coupling is a characteristic feature of the dynamics of coupled neuron oscillators. We show that this effect is caused by a saddle equilibrium state in the vicinity of an attractor and appears in the immediate vicinity of a homoclinic bifurcation point. The mechanism discussed is a fairly general one which goes outside the scope of neuron models.

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