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Subthreshold membrane potential oscillations play an important role in the development of the sensory systems, including, but not being limited to the visual system and the olfactory system. In the visual system, through the help of electroencephalogram or EEG readings, the subthreshold membrane potential oscillations help equip the cortex for ...
In the first step, the subject is stimulated by strong, easily detectable stimuli that are decreased stepwise (descending sequence) until they cannot detect the stimulus. Then another stimulation sequence is applied called ascending sequence. In this sequence, stimulus intensity increases from subthreshold to easily detectable.
The stimulus is automatically decreased in steps of a set percentage until the response falls below the target (generation of an action potential). Thereafter, the stimulus is stepped up or down depending on whether the previous response was lesser or greater than the target response until a resting (or control) threshold has been established.
Graded potentials are changes in membrane potential that vary according to the size of the stimulus, as opposed to being all-or-none. They include diverse potentials such as receptor potentials, electrotonic potentials, subthreshold membrane potential oscillations, slow-wave potential, pacemaker potentials, and synaptic potentials. The ...
The linearized system exhibits subthreshold decaying oscillations whose frequency increases as increases. At a critical value β ∗ {\displaystyle \beta ^{*}} where the oscillation frequency is high enough, bistability occurs in the ( u , v ) {\displaystyle (u,v)} system: a stable, spatially independent, periodic solution (bulk oscillation ...
Typically, the voltage stimulus decays exponentially with the distance from the synapse and with time from the binding of the neurotransmitter. Some fraction of an excitatory voltage may reach the axon hillock and may (in rare cases) depolarize the membrane enough to provoke a new action potential.
Natural stimulus or pharmacological input neuron models – The models in this category connect the input stimulus, which can be either pharmacological or natural, to the probability of a spike event. The input stage of these models is not electrical but rather has either pharmacological (chemical) concentration units, or physical units that ...
The minimal effective (i.e., threshold) stimulus is adequate only for fibres of high excitability, but a stronger stimulus excites all the nerve fibres. Increasing the stimulus further does increase the response of whole nerve. Heart muscle is excitable, i.e., it responds to external stimuli by contracting. If the external stimulus is too weak ...