Complementary action of chemical and electrical synapses to perception

We study the dynamic range of a cellular automaton model for a neuronal network with electrical and chemical synapses. The neural network is separated into two layers, where one layer corresponds to inhibitory, and the other corresponds to excitatory neurons. We randomly distribute electrical synaps...

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Published inPhysica A Vol. 430; pp. 236 - 241
Main Authors Borges, F.S., Lameu, E.L., Batista, A.M., Iarosz, K.C., Baptista, M.S., Viana, R.L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 15.07.2015
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Cellular automaton
Dynamic range
Neuron
Dynamic range
Cellular automaton
Neuron
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Summary:We study the dynamic range of a cellular automaton model for a neuronal network with electrical and chemical synapses. The neural network is separated into two layers, where one layer corresponds to inhibitory, and the other corresponds to excitatory neurons. We randomly distribute electrical synapses in the network, in order to analyse the effects on the dynamic range. We verify that electrical synapses have a complementary effect on the enhancement of the dynamic range. The enhancement depends on the proportion of electrical synapses as compare to the chemical ones, and also on the layer that they appear.
ISSN:0378-4371
1873-2119
DOI:10.1016/j.physa.2015.02.098