Simulation of spiking activities neuron models using the Euler method

Abstract

Simulation of neuron spiking activity models has been carried out using the Euler method. This study aims to simulate spiking activity in a neuron model. The neuron model used is the Hodgkin-Huxley neuron model, Integrate and Fire neuron model, Wilson neuron model, and Izhikevich neuron model. The research was conducted by implementing the mathematical equations of each neuron model used and then recording the membrane potential changes from time to time using the Euler method in MATLAB. The different forms of spiking activity were done by varying the variable’s value in each mathematical equation of a neuron model that describes the processing of action potentials (spikes) influenced by ion channel activity. The results showed that the Integrate and Fire neuron models produce regular spiking (RS), Hodgkin-Huxley neuron models have regular spiking (RS) forms, Wilson neuron models produce regular spiking (RS), fast-spiking (FS), and intrinsic bursting (IB), Izhikevich neuron model produces regular spiking (RS), fast-spiking (FS), intrinsic bursting (IB), chattering neurons (CH), and low threshold spiking (LTS). The complexity of the variables used and the spiking activity generated by each neuron model can provide an overview of computational efficiency and proximity to actual biological neurons.