A novel mechanism for irregular firing of a neuron in response to periodic stimulation: Irregularity in the absence of noise

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-51

  Clay, John R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Computational models; Ionic conductances; Stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT RESONANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MOLLUSCS; NEURONS; SHELLFISH; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ACTION-POTENTIALS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CURRENT COMPONENT; CURRENT PULSE; DETERMINISTICS; IONIC CONDUCTANCE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MODEL-BASED OPC; SQUID GIANT AXON; STOCHASTIC RESONANCES;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL PARAMETERS; GIANT AXON; HISTOGRAM; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NOISE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0042563335     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024470718603     Document Type: Article

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