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Generalized Phase Representation of Integrate-and-Fire Models

Dynamical Systems 2017-11-27 v3 Neurons and Cognition

Abstract

The quadratic integrate-and-fire (QIF) model captures the normal form bifurcation dynamics of Type-I neurons found in cortex. Remarkably, this model is known to have a dual equivalent representation in terms of phase, called the θ\theta-model, which has advantages for numerical simulations and analysis over the QIF model. Here, I investigate the nature of the dual representation and derive the general phase model expression for all integrate-and-fire models. Moreover, I show the condition for which the phase models exhibit discontinuous onset firing rate, the hallmark of Type-II spiking neurons.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1710.10428,
  title  = {Generalized Phase Representation of Integrate-and-Fire Models},
  author = {Dongsung Huh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.10428},
  year   = {2017}
}
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