title: Lapicque's 1907 paper: from frogs to integrate-and-fire.
abstract: Exactly 100 years ago, Louis Lapicque published a paper on the excitability of nerves that is often cited in the context of integrate-and-fire neurons. We discuss Lapicque's contributions along with a translation of the original publication.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neurophysics and Physiology, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS UMR 8119, Paris Cedex 06, France. nicolas.brunel@univ-paris5.fr
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brunel
authors.forename: Mark C W
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: van Rossum
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*