Continuous functions determined by spike trains of a neuron subject to stimulation
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Continuous functions determined by spike trains of a neuron subject to stimulation
zbMATH Open document ID: 0638.92002
DOI: 10.1007/BF00363941
author: F. Awiszus
published in: Biological Cybernetics
publication date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Several ways of estimating a continuous function from the spike train output of a neuron subjected to repeated stimuli are compared: (i) the probability of firing function estimated by a PST-histogram (ii) the rate of discharge function estimated by a ``frequencygram'' and (iii) the interspike-interval function which is introduced in this paper. For a special class of neuronal responses, called deterministic, these functions may be expressed in terms of each other. It is shown that the current clamped Hodgkin-Huxley model of an action potential encoding membrane is able to generate such deterministic responses. As an experimental example, a deterministic response of a primary muscle spindle afferent is used to demonstrate the estimation of the functions. Interpretability and numerical estimatability of these spike train describing functions are discussed for deterministic neuronal responses.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92Cxx
zbMATH DE Number: 4041668
zbMATH Keywords: spike train output
zbMATH Keywords: repeated stimuli
zbMATH Keywords: probability of firing function
zbMATH Keywords: PST-histogram
zbMATH Keywords: rate of discharge function
zbMATH Keywords: frequencygram
zbMATH Keywords: interspike- interval function
zbMATH Keywords: current clamped Hodgkin-Huxley model of an action potential encoding membrane
zbMATH Keywords: deterministic neuronal responses
Wikidata QID: Q68407487
MaRDI profile type: Publication
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4041668