Modeling the influences of non-local connectomic projections on geometrically constrained cortical dynamics

This repository contains the MATLAB code required to replicate the numerical experiments and figures presented in the paper: "Modeling the influences of non-local connectomic projections on geometrically constrained cortical dynamics" (Preprint DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.19800).

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1. Model Description

This model simulates macroscale cortical neural activity propagating across a two-dimensional continuous cortical sheet, coupled with an additional network of Fast-conducting, Non-local Projections (FNPs) that mediate the rapid, non-local propagation of activity between remote neural populations.

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2. Prerequisites & Environment

• Language: MATLAB
• Required Toolboxes: Parallel Computing Toolbox
• Tested on R2025b

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3. Code Structure

The repository is organized into two primary directories:

• Model/: Contains the core source files and functions for executing the model.
  • demonstrations.m: A script providing basic examples and usage demonstrations of the model.
• Experiments/: Contains the scripts used to generate the specific figures and numerical results published in the paper. Individual files are named corresponding to their respective figure numbers (e.g., fig1.m).

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4. Reproduction of Figures

1. Clone or download this repository.
2. Open MATLAB and navigate to the repository root directory.
3. Add the Model folder to your MATLAB path.
4. Navigate to the Experiments folder and execute any figure script to reproduce the paper's results.