Weak convergence of stochastic neuronal models
Weak convergence of stochastic neuronal models
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随机神经元模型的弱收敛
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-46599-4_9
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发表时间:
1985
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通讯作者:
R. Wolpert
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作者:
G. Kallianpur;R. Wolpert
The electrical behavior of neuronal membranes and the role of ion currents have been studied and understood since the landmark 1952 papers of Hodgkin and Huxley. The existence of ionic gates exhibiting stochastic behavior was confirmed over ten years ago with the development of the experimental patch-clamp technique, and the nature and structure of those ionic gates was illuminated dramatically in 1984 with the publication by Nodaet al.[1984] of the complete amino acid chain comprising the sodium gating channel for the electric organ ofelectrophorus electricus.Despite all this experimental progress, and despite the wide interest in gaining a better understanding of the behavior of individual neurons and of systems of neurons, there has been little success in the efforts to develop stochastic mathematical models capable of reflecting and helping to predict neuronal activity. It is a goal of our research to develop such models in order to illuminate the connection between the microkinetic behavior of thousands of gating molecules scattered over the surface membrane of a single isolated neuron subject to a stream of excitatory and inhibitory impulses, and the macrokinetic behavior of that same neuron in generating and propagating action potentials and spike trains. We do not address the interesting questions of how networks of interconnected neurons behave.