Non-equilibrium dynamics of stochastic point processes with refractoriness

Details Non-equilibrium dynamics of stochastic point processes with refractoriness Non-equilibrium dynamics of stochastic point processes with refractoriness

2010-02-19

arxiv.org/abs/1002.3798v3

Mathematics

Probability

8 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.82.021129

Stochastic point processes with refractoriness appear frequently in the quantitative analysis of physical and biological systems, such as the generation of action potentials by nerve cells, the release and reuptake of vesicles at a synapse, and the counting of particles by detector devices. Here we present an extension of renewal theory to describe ensembles of point processes with time varying input. This is made possible by a representation in terms of occupation numbers of two states: Active and refractory. The dynamics of these occupation numbers follows a distributed delay differential equation. In particular, our theory enables us to uncover the effect of refractoriness on the time-dependent rate of an ensemble of encoding point processes in response to modulation of the input. We present exact solutions that demonstrate generic features, such as stochastic transients and oscillations in the step response as well as resonances, phase jumps and frequency doubling in the transfer of periodic signals. We show that a large class of renewal processes can indeed be regarded as special cases of the model we analyze. Hence our approach represents a widely applicable framework to define and analyze non-stationary renewal processes.

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