title: Stochastic resonance in a Hodgkin-Huxley neuron in the absence of external noise.
abstract: We study numerically nonlinear responses of a periodically forced Hodgkin-Huxley neuron. The coherence of the system in the absence of external noise, namely, the "intrinsic stochastic resonance," is evidenced by the multimodal aperiodic firing pattern, a bell-shaped curve in the signal-to-noise ratio, and the statistical features of the mean firing rate. The subthreshold intrinsic oscillations enhance the signal transduction in a manner different from that in models studied previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Chik
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z D
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*