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Nonlinear Relationships in the Patterns of Neuronal Spiking in Cortical Neurons

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The pattern of neuronal spiking of cortical neurons was investigated in an awake nonimmobilized rabbit. Thecharacteristics of the interspike intervals (total numberof intervals, mean interval, mean-square deviation) and of the burst (group) activity (burst number, mean spikefrequency in a burst, mean spike number for a burst, meanburst duration) were considered. Nonlinear relationshipbetween the values of mean interspike intervals and thenumber of spike bursts was found. A number of functionswere applied to describe the observed phenomena. On thebasis of regression analysis two populations of corticalneurons with distinct neuronal spiking patterns wereidentified. Bursts occur at a higher rate in one populationthan the other, although both populations exhibit burstsand are otherwise indistinguishable.

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    R.A. Chizhenkova & V.Yu. Chernukhin

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Chizhenkova, R., Chernukhin, V. Nonlinear Relationships in the Patterns of Neuronal Spiking in Cortical Neurons. Journal of Biological Physics 26, 67–75 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005211721101

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