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Noisy neurons

Hodgkin-Huxley model and stochastic variants

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This article first reviews the basic concepts of the Hodgkin-Huxley model of nerve signal propagation. Recent experiments show fluctuations which call for introducing randomness into the model’s equations. Some simulations which reproduce the observed behavior are presented.

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  1. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune, 411 008, India

    Shruti Paranjape

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Shruti Paranjape is a fourth year student at IISER Pune, majoring in Physics. This is an article based on what she worked on in the summer of 2013 under the guidance of Vivek S Borkar in IIT Mumbai.

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Paranjape, S. Noisy neurons. Reson 20, 34–43 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-015-0150-2

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