Spike generating dynamics and the conditions for spike-time precision in cortical neurons

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-103

  Gutkin, Boris ^a   Ermentrout, G Bard ^b   Rudolph, Michael ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational model; Cortical neurons; Frequency locking; Type I membrane

Indexed keywords

LOCKS (FASTENERS); OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); WHITE NOISE;

CANONICAL MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CONDITION; CORTICAL NEURONS; FREQUENCY LOCKING; GAUSSIAN WHITE NOISE; SPIKE GENERATION; SPIKE TIMING; TEMPORAL PRECISION; TYPE I MEMBRANE;

NEURONS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL STIMULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIKE WAVE; STATISTICS; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 0041561336     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024426903582     Document Type: Article

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