Dynamics of ensemble of inhibitory coupled Rulkov maps

The motif of three inhibitory coupled Rulkov elements is studied. Possible dynamical regimes, including different types of sequential activity, winner-take-all activity and chaotic activity, are in the focus of this paper. In particular, a new transition scenario from sequential activity to winner-take-all activity through chaos is uncovered. This study can be used in high performance computation of large neuron-like ensembles for the modeling of neuron-like activity.