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. 1964 Jan;4(1 Pt 1):41-68.
doi: 10.1016/s0006-3495(64)86768-0.

RANDOM WALK MODELS FOR THE SPIKE ACTIVITY OF A SINGLE NEURON

G L GERSTEIN, B MANDELBROT

RANDOM WALK MODELS FOR THE SPIKE ACTIVITY OF A SINGLE NEURON

G L GERSTEIN et al. Biophys J. 1964 Jan.

Abstract

Quantitative methods for the study of the statistical properties of spontaneously occurring spike trains from single neurons have recently been presented. Such measurements suggest a number of descriptive mathematical models. One of these, based on a random walk towards an absorbing barrier, can describe a wide range of neuronal activity in terms of two parameters. These parameters are readily associated with known physiological mechanisms.

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