STABLE MODES OF ACTIVITY IN PACEMAKER NEURONS WITH OPEN-LOOP SYNAPTIC INPUT,
Abstract
The consequences of inhibitory or excitatory interactions between pacemaker neurons were predicted mathematically and through digital-computer simulations, and were then confirmed experimentally in abdominal ganglia of Aplysia califor nica and in stretch receptors of Procambarus clarkii. Characteristic self-stablizing discharge patterns occur under conditions that do not involve feedback. Increased arrival rates of inhibitory (or excitatory) input can cause a paradoxical increase (or decrease) in firing rate. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0431869
Entities
People
- Donaldh. Perkel
- George P. Moore
- Jose P. Segundo
- Joseph H. Schulman
- Theodore H. Bullock
Organizations
- RAND Corporation