Modulating the precision of recurrent bursts in cultured neural networks

Joon Ho Choi, June Hoan Kim, Ryoun Heo, Kyoung J. Lee

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    Abstract

    Synchronized bursts are a very common feature in biological neural networks, and they play an important role in various brain functions and neurological diseases. This Letter investigates "recurrent synchronized bursts" induced by a single pulse stimulation in cultured networks of rat cortical neurons. We look at how the precision in their arrival times can be modified by a noble time-delayed stimulation protocol, which we term as "Δt training." The emergence of recurrent bursts and the change of the precision in their arrival times can be explained by the stochastic resonance of a damped, subthreshold, neural oscillation.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number138103
    JournalPhysical review letters
    Volume108
    Issue number13
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012 Mar 28

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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