Response characteristics of the BVP neuron model to periodic pulse inputs.
The characteristics of the BVP neuron model response to periodic pulse stimuli are investigated. Temporal patterns of the output of the model are analyzed as a function of the stimulus intensity and period. The BVP model exhibits the same chaotic behavior, and a Cantor function-like graph of the response frequency (mean firing rate) as in electrophysiological experiments. This shows that the BVP model describes the complicated response characteristics of the neuron at least qualitatively.
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Department of Biophysical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D008959:Models, Neurological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*