A review of the integrate-and-fire neuron model: II. Inhomogeneous synaptic input and network properties

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-112

  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

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

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

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33745730999     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-006-0082-8     Document Type: Review

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