High-frequency effects in the FitzHugh-Nagumo neuron model

The effect of a high-frequency signal on the FitzHugh-Nagumo excitable model is analyzed. We show that the firing rate is diminished as the ratio of the high-frequency amplitude to its frequency is increased. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the excitable character of the system, and consequently t...

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Autores: Cubero Gómez, David, Baltanás, José P., Casado Pascual, Jesús
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/25437
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/25437
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.061102
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:The effect of a high-frequency signal on the FitzHugh-Nagumo excitable model is analyzed. We show that the firing rate is diminished as the ratio of the high-frequency amplitude to its frequency is increased. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the excitable character of the system, and consequently the firing activity, is suppressed for ratios above a given threshold value. In addition, we show that the vibrational resonance phenomenon turns up for sufficiently large noise strength values.