Published December 1997
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Book Section - Chapter
Refractoriness and Neural Precision
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- Berry, Michael, II
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Meister, Markus
Abstract
The relationship between a neuron's refractory period and the precision of its response to identical stimuli was investigated. We constructed a model of a spiking neuron that combines probabilistic firing with a refractory period. For realistic refractoriness, the model closely reproduced both the average firing rate and the response precision of a retinal ganglion cell. The model is based on a "free" firing rate, which exists in the absence of refractoriness. This function may be a better description of a spiking neuron's response than the peri-stimulus time histogram.
Additional Information
We would like to thank Mike DeWeese for many useful conversations. One of us, MJB, acknowledges the support of the National Eye Institute. The other, MM, acknowledges the support of the National Science Foundation.Additional details
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