Slope-based stochastic resonance: how noise enables phasic neurons to encode slow signals.

Fundamental properties of phasic firing neurons are usually characterized in a noise-free condition. In the absence of noise, phasic neurons exhibit Class 3 excitability, which is a lack of repetitive firing to steady current injections. For time-varying inputs, phasic neurons are band-pass filters...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yan Gai, Brent Doiron, John Rinzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2891698?pdf=render