Firing dynamics of an autaptic neuron

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/12/128709

Abstract

Autapses are synapses that connect a neuron to itself in the nervous system. Previously, both experimental and theoretical studies have demonstrated that autaptic connections in the nervous system have a significant physiological function. Autapses in nature provide self-delayed feedback, thus introducing an additional timescale to neuronal activities and causing many dynamic behaviors in neurons. Recently, theoretical studies have revealed that an autapse provides a control option for adjusting the response of a neuron: e.g., an autaptic connection can cause the electrical activities of the Hindmarsh-Rose neuron to switch between quiescent, periodic, and chaotic firing patterns; an autapse can enhance or suppress the mode-locking status of a neuron injected with sinusoidal current; and the firing frequency and interspike interval distributions of the response spike train can also be modified by the autapse. In this paper, we review recent studies that showed how an autapse affects the response of a single neuron.

Keywords: autapse firing pattern self-delay feedback single neuron

Received: 29 April 2015
Revised: 10 June 2015
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PACS:	87.19.ll	(Models of single neurons and networks)
	87.19.ls	(Encoding, decoding, and transformation)
	87.18.Sn	(Neural networks and synaptic communication)
	87.19.lg	(Synapses: chemical and electrical (gap junctions))

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11275084 and 11447027) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. GK201503025).

Corresponding Authors: Chen Yong
E-mail: ychen@buaa.edu.cn

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Wang Heng-Tong (王恒通), Chen Yong (陈勇) Firing dynamics of an autaptic neuron 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 128709

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