How sample paths of leaky integrate-and-fire models are influenced by the presence of a firing threshold

Neural Computation

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1743-1767

  Giraudo, Maria Teresa ^a   Greenwood, Priscilla E ^b   Sacerdote, Laura ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c National Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LETTER; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 79959598848     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: 1530888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/NECO_a_00143     Document Type: Letter

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