Block structured dynamics and neuronal coding

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2005 Nov;72(5 Pt 1):051922. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.051922. Epub 2005 Nov 18.

Abstract

When certain control parameters of nervous cell models are varied, complex bifurcation structures develop in which the dynamical behaviors available appear classified in blocks, according to criteria of dynamical likelihood. This block structured dynamics may be a clue to understand how activated neurons encode information by firing spike trains of their action potentials.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Biological Clocks / physiology*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Humans
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods*
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Nerve Net / physiology*
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Synaptic Transmission / physiology*