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Xincheng Ding¹, Chengtao Feng¹, Ning Wang¹

¹School of Microelectronics and Control Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213159 China.

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Summary

This study demonstrates a bionic circuit using a locally active memristor (LAM) to mimic neuron ion channels. The circuit generates distinct spiking and bursting firing patterns in response to different current stimuli, verified by hardware experiments.

Keywords:

Bifurcation mechanism Bursting behavior Hardware experiment Local active memristor Spiking behavior

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Area of Science:

Computational Neuroscience
Nonlinear Dynamics
Circuit Theory

Background:

Neuronal firing patterns are crucial for information processing.
Ion channel properties significantly influence these patterns.
Emulating complex ion channel dynamics in artificial systems remains challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a bionic circuit capable of replicating neuronal firing patterns.
To investigate the role of a locally active memristor (LAM) in characterizing ion channel behavior.
To explore the influence of external current stimuli on generated firing patterns.

Main Methods:

A bionic circuit was constructed using a second-order locally active memristor (LAM), capacitor, and DC voltage source.
A current stimulus was applied to emulate external neuronal stimulation.
Numerical simulations and PCB-based hardware experiments were conducted to analyze circuit dynamics and firing patterns.

Main Results:

The bionic circuit successfully generated distinct bursting behaviors with low-frequency stimuli and spiking behaviors with high-frequency stimuli.
Fold and Hopf bifurcation analyses elucidated the mechanisms underlying bursting dynamics.
Hardware experiments validated the simulation results, confirming the circuit's ability to produce realistic firing patterns.

Conclusions:

The proposed bionic circuit effectively emulates ion channel properties and generates characteristic neuronal firing patterns.
External current stimuli can be precisely controlled to regulate the type of firing pattern (spiking or bursting).
This research validates the feasibility of using memristor-based circuits for emulating biological neuron dynamics.