A review of the integrate-and-fire neuron model: I. Homogeneous synaptic input

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Burkitt, A N ^a,b  

^a BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conductance models; Integrate and fire neuron; Neural models

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

CONDUCTANCE MODELS; INTEGRATE-AND-FIRE NEURON; NEURAL MODELS;

NEUROLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33745712258     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-006-0068-6     Document Type: Article

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