title: Complex responses of living neurons to pacemaker inhibition: a comparison of dynamical models.
abstract: A neuron can respond to periodic inhibitory input with a variety of complex behaviors, periodic and aperiodic. We present a succession of models to test hypotheses for mechanisms underlying complex behavior generation. Model comparison using non-linear dynamics techniques indicates that long-duration IPSP aftereffects and spiking behavior are necessary for most of the basic response properties, though not sufficient for some of their more subtle aspects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon. stiber@cicada.berkeley.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stiber
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pakdaman
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Vibert
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boussard
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Segundo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doi
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D003400:Astacoidea; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics