Abstract

We studied the combined influence of noise and constant current stimulations on the Hodgkin-Huxley neuron model through time and frequency analysis of the membrane-potential dynamics. We observed that, in agreement with experimental data (Guttman et al. 1974), at low noise and low constant current stimulation the behavior of the model is well approximated by that of the linearized Hodgkin-Huxley system. Conversely, nonlinearities due to firing dominate at large noise or current stimulations. The transition between the two regimes is abrupt, and takes place in the same range of noise and current intensities as the noise-induced transition characterized by the qualitative change in the stationary distribution of the membrane potential (Tanabe and Pakdaman 2001a). The implications of these results are discussed.

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