Abstract
A model is formulated for the conversion of a motoneuron's spike train to tension in a muscle. This model demonstrates that a spike train whose adjacent interspike intervals are negatively correlated results in a steady-state tension which fluctuates less about its mean value than if the interspike intervals are randomly arranged. The ability of a spike train to develop more distinguishable levels of tension by negative correlation between adjacent interspike intervals is more significant for interspike interval distributions with greater dispersion. The number of distinguishable tension levels increases by about 33 percent when a typical set of neuromuscular parameters are used. These results may be generalized to the smoothing of postsynaptic potentials and the regulation of blood pressure.
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