Stochastic resonance in a Hodgkin-Huxley neuron in the absence of external noise

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2001 Aug;64(2 Pt 1):021913. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.64.021913. Epub 2001 Jul 26.

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.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials / physiology*
  • Biological Clocks / physiology*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Membrane Potentials / physiology*
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Stochastic Processes*
  • Synaptic Transmission / physiology*