Concomitance of inverse stochastic resonance and stochastic resonance in a minimal bistable spiking neural circuit

Abstract

Stochastic Resonance (SR) is a well-known noise-induced phenomenon widely reported in dynamical systems with a threshold, while Inverse Stochastic Resonance (ISR) is an opposing phenomenon observed in the dynamical systems which exhibit bistability between a stable node and a stable limit cycle. This study shows a co-occurrence of SR and ISR, in a minimal circuit of synaptically coupled spiking neurons that is designed to show bistability between quiescence and a persistent firing mode. We identify noise, synaptic and intrinsic parameters ranges that allow for ISR. The minimal computational model, is investigated for a range of parameters, and our simulations indicate that the main features of SR, are the direct results of dynamical properties which lead to ISR.