Title :
Effects of the refractory period on the IPI probability density function of junctional output pulse train
Author :
Hu, X.L. ; Zhang, Y.T. ; Bao, Jiali
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Abstract :
The refractory period, especially the absolute refractoriness, needs to be considered when studying the pulse train transmission at the gap junction of the giant motor synapse of the crayfish. This paper reports a theoretical analysis on the probability density function of the output interpulse intervals (IPIs) by taking into account the effect of the absolute refractory period at the post-membrane. The result in this paper should be useful in the study of biological neural networks
Keywords :
Poisson distribution; biomembranes; neural nets; neurophysiology; biological neural networks; crayfish; gap junction; giant motor synapse; homogeneous Poisson process; junctional output pulse train; output interpulse intervals; post-membrane; probability density function; pulse train transmission; refractory period effect; Biological neural networks; Biomedical engineering; Biomembranes; Convolution; Density functional theory; Distribution functions; Marine vehicles; Neurons; Probability density function; Statistical distributions;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804173
