Influence of firing mechanisms on gain modulation

Details Influence of firing mechanisms on gain modulation Influence of firing mechanisms on gain modulation

2008-07-12

arxiv.org/abs/0807.1954v3

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Neurons and Cognition

7 pages, 4 figures, conference proceedings

Scientific paper

10.1088/1742-5468/2009/01/P01017

We studied the impact of a dynamical threshold on the f-I curve-the relationship between the input and the firing rate of a neuron-in the presence of background synaptic inputs. First, we found that, while the leaky integrate-and-fire model cannot reproduce the f-I curve of a cortical neuron, the leaky integrate-and-fire model with dynamical threshold can reproduce it very well. Second, we found that the dynamical threshold modulates the onset and the asymptotic behavior of the f-I curve. These results suggest that a cortical neuron has an adaptation mechanism and that the dynamical threshold has some significance for the computational properties of a neuron.

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