Because inhibitory control is local and homeostatic, adaptiveness can be heterogeneous across regions while remaining stable. This enables coexisting SW and asynchronous regimes—chimeric-like—suggesting a potential mechanism to cognitive states such as local-sleep–related attentional lapses. 4/5

In a high-coupling regime, the adaptive inhibitory feedback gives rise to bistable UP–DOWN dynamics (delta-range slow waves (SW) ), while faster adaptation supports asynchronous activity.
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