Pulse sequences generated by a degenerate analog neuron model.

Abstract

The response characteristics of an electronic neuron model proposed by the authors are investigated. Periodic stimulating pulse sequences with a fixed frequency are applied to the analog neuron model and the response pulse sequences are studied. In the degenerate case, the state transition of the neuron model during one period of the stimulating pulse sequense is described by a first order piecewise linear difference equation with a jump. It is shown that the periodic response pulse sequences of the neuron model belong to a special class of pulse sequences generated by a simple algorithm, and that the relation between the pulse width (or amplitude) of the stimulating pulse and the firing rate of the neuron model takes the form of an extended Cantor function.