Models of frequency preferences of prefrontal cortical neurons

نویسندگان

  • Arthur R. Houweling
  • Rashmi H. Modi
  • Paul Ganter
  • Jean-Marc Fellous
  • Terrence J. Sejnowski
چکیده

The reliability of spike trains generated by sinusoidal current injections in prefrontal cortical pyramidal cells and interneurons depends strongly on the input frequency. We constructed computational models in order to study how cellular properties affect reliability. The models reproduced the main experimental findings: subthreshold oscillations, resonance and reliability of spike timing. The amplitude of intrinsic noise in the model determined the number of reliable frequency bands. In addition, the frequency content of the noise did not affect reliability.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Neurocomputing

دوره 38-40  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001