Output Stream of Leaky Integrate-and-Fire Neuron Without Diffusion Approximation

2016 ◽  
Vol 166 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander K. Vidybida
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Approximation ◽  
Integrate And Fire ◽  
Output Stream ◽  
Integrate And Fire Neuron

Noise in Integrate-and-Fire Neurons: From Stochastic Input to Escape Rates

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans E. Plesser ◽  
Wulfram Gerstner
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Potential ◽  
Diffusion Approximation ◽  
Hazard Function ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Integrate And Fire ◽  
Probability Current ◽  
Periodic Input ◽  
Stochastic Input ◽  
Free Membrane ◽  
Noise Models

We analyze the effect of noise in integrate-and-fire neurons driven by time-dependent input and compare the diffusion approximation for the membrane potential to escape noise. It is shown that for time-dependent subthreshold input, diffusive noise can be replaced by escape noise with a hazard function that has a gaussian dependence on the distance between the (noise-free) membrane voltage and threshold. The approximation is improved if we add to the hazard function a probability current proportional to the derivative of the voltage. Stochastic resonance in response to periodic input occurs in both noise models and exhibits similar characteristics.

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