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Eszter A Kish1, Claes-Göran Granqvist2, András Dér3
1Center for Learning and Memory, 1 University Station, Stop C7000, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-0805 USA.
Abstract:
Even a single neuron may be able to produce significant lognormal features in its firing statistics due to noise in the charging ion current. A mathematical scheme introduced in advanced nanotechnology is relevant for the analysis of this mechanism in the simplest case, the integrate-and-fire model with white noise in the charging ion current.
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