Effect of noise on neuron transient response

Alix Herrmann, Wulfram Gerstner
2000 Neurocomputing  
A good approximation to the integrate-and-"re model with di!usive noise can be obtained using a noisy threshold model. This allows the response of a population of noisy neurons to a current transient to be described using a linear "lter. Here we apply these analytical results to the peristimulus time histogram (PSTH) of a single neuron. The e!ect of the noise on the PSTH in our model is similar to that seen in experimental "ndings of Poliakov et al. (J. Physiol., Part 1,495 (1996) 143}157) on
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doi:10.1016/s0925-2312(00)00156-9 fatcat:prro4usun5fnnf77hav5r2ojiq