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A model for flicker noise in nerve membranes

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Flicker noise, or noise with a spectral density which varies inversely with frequency over a frequency range of several decades, is a well known phenomenon in nerve membrane. We suggest that it is unlikely that this current flicker noise is produced by long time constant processes, and propose a mechanism involving interactions between adjacent ionic channels. We show analytically that such a hypothetical interaction can generate flicker noise in a simplified, one dimensional model.

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Holden, A.V., Rubio, J.E. A model for flicker noise in nerve membranes. Biol. Cybernetics 24, 227–236 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00335983

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