models for real neural spike initiators

[gaudiano@park.bu.edu]

>>>>> On 16 Apr 91 20:25:12 GMT, connectionists at c.cs.cmu.edu said:

brp> From: Bruce Raoul Parnas <brp at bandit.berkeley.edu>

brp> I am currently exploring various models used in computer simulations of real neurons,
brp> particularly implementations of spike initiators.  i have been looking at the two time-
brp> constant model proposed by Hill and others many years ago, a temperature-scaled version
brp> of the Hodgkin-Huxley model, and the model proposed by Frankenhauser and Dodge.

brp> Are people aware of other spike initiator models being used in computer models of
brp> biological neurons?

A good reference book that covers this topic is:

MacGregor, R.J. (1987) "Neural and Brain Modeling". Academic Press.

You will find that Chapter 2 is dedicated mostly to the kind of
modeling you are interested in, and includes an extensive
bibliography.

	Paolo Gaudiano

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