title: Identification of bursts in spike trains.
abstract: A computer algorithm to identify 'bursts' in trains of spikes is described. The algorithm works by constructing a histogram of interspike intervals, then analyzing the histogram to detect the critical interval value in the distribution that represents the break between short intervals within a burst and the longer intervals between bursts. When such a value is found, it is used as the 'threshold' to determine those intervals in the spike train that lie within a burst and those that lie between bursts and, thereby, to identify the beginning and end of each burst in the train. The validity of the bursts is evaluated with a chi-square test. The performance of the algorithm and how it can be assessed is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cocatre-Zilgien
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delcomyn
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D004576:Electromyography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D010526:Periplaneta / Q000502:physiology*