title: A stochastic model for the membrane potential of a stimulated neuron.
abstract: We present a simple model describing the transition between the prefiring, firing and postfiring phases of a single neuron in a large neural net. Using typical values for the physiological parameters that enter the model, we find average interspike times that are close to those reported in experimental measurements.
authors.affiliation: Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frigessi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: den Hollander
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D008959:Models, Neurological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013269:Stochastic Processes