Excitable dynamical systems

Pavel Pokorny

doi:10.1117/12.417864

7 March 2001 Excitable dynamical systems

Pavel Pokorny

Proceedings Volume 4356, 12th Czech-Slovak-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417864
Event: 12th Czech-Slovak-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 2000, Velke Losiny, Czech Republic

Abstract

Excitability, i.e., a large-amplitude response to a super- threshold perturbation while a sub-threshold perturbation leaves the system almost unchanged, is the key property of neural cells of the retina of human eye. Basic terms are introduced and the dynamic behavior under single-pulse and under periodic perturbation is discussed in detail using the firing ratio as a function of the perturbation amplitude and of the perturbation period forming a 'devil staircase' structure.

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Pavel Pokorny "Excitable dynamical systems", Proc. SPIE 4356, 12th Czech-Slovak-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, (7 March 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417864

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