Generating oscillatory bursts from a network of regular spiking neurons without inhibition

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 591-606

  Shao, Jing ^a   Lai, Dihui ^a   Meyer, Ulrike ^b   Luksch, Harald ^c   Wessel, Ralf ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burst; Chick; Feedback loop; Integrate and fire neuron; Nucleus isthmi; Optic tectum; Spike rate adaptation; Visual system

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; NEURAL NETWORKS;

BURST; CHICK; FEEDBACK LOOPS; INTEGRATE-AND-FIRE NEURONS; NUCLEUS ISTHMUS; OPTIC TECTUM; RATE-ADAPTATION; SPIKE-RATE ADAPTATION; SPIKING NEURONES; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

NEURONS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISTHMUS PARS PARVOCELLULARIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; OSCILLATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 70350567128     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-009-0171-5     Document Type: Article

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