"Temporal integration of externally or internally driven information is required for a variety of cognitive processes. This computation is generally linked with graded rate changes in cortical neurons, which typically appear during a delay period of cognitive task in the prefrontal and other cortical areas. Here, we present a neural network model to produce graded (climbing or descending) neuronal activity. Model neurons are interconnected randomly by AMPA-receptor–mediated fast excitatory synapses and are subject to noisy background excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs. In each neuron, a prolonged afterdepolarizing potential follows every spike generation. Then, driven by an external input, the individual neurons display bimodal rate changes between a baseline state and an elevated firing state, with the latter being sustained by regenerated afterdepolarizing potentials. ..."
Model Type: Realistic Network
Region(s) or Organism(s): Neocortex
Currents: I Calcium
Model Concept(s): Activity Patterns
Simulation Environment: C or C++ program
References:
Okamoto H, Isomura Y, Takada M, Fukai T. (2007). Temporal integration by stochastic recurrent network dynamics with bimodal neurons. Journal of neurophysiology. 97 [PubMed]