A study on stochastic resonance involving the Hodgkin-Huxley equations

Author

Repperger, D.W. ; Phillips, C.A. ; Neidhard, A.

Author_Institution

Air Force Res. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

229

Abstract

An investigation is conducted on stochastic resonance with the Hodgkin-Huxley (H-H) equations involving key variables in simplified nonlinear firing dynamics of human cortical sensory neurons. The neuron membrane potential, depicted by a characteristic continuous bursting phenomenon, is first demonstrated within a deterministic framework. With the addition of a noise input, certain throughput dependent measures are then explored both theoretically as well as with a MATLAB simulation. This methodology has applicability in understanding how best to design command inputs into certain systems to optimize specified throughput characteristics of their response

Keywords

neural nets; neurophysiology; nonlinear differential equations; Hodgkin-Huxley equations; MATLAB simulation; continuous bursting; human cortical sensory neurons; nervous system; neuron membrane potential; noise; nonlinear differential equations; nonlinear dynamic systems; nonlinear firing dynamics; stochastic resonance; Biomedical measurements; Force sensors; Humans; Neurons; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear systems; Physics; Stochastic resonance; Strontium; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

American Control Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

ISSN

0743-1619

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6495-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACC.2001.945547

Filename

945547