Biophysical Journal 55: 655-661 (1989)
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A nonlinear cascade model for action potential encoding in an insect sensory neuron.

Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

ABSTRACT

Action potential encoding in the cockroach tactile spine neuron can be represented as a single-input single-output nonlinear dynamic process. We have used a new functional expansion method to characterize the nonlinear behavior of the neural encoder. This method, which yields similar kernels to the Wiener method, is more accurate than the latter and is efficient enough to obtain reasonable kernels in less than 15 min using a personal computer. The input stimulus was band-limited white Gaussian noise and the output consisted of the resulting train of action potentials, which were unitized to give binary values. The kernels and the system input-output signals were used to identify a model for encoding comprising a cascade of dynamic linear, static nonlinear, and dynamic linear components. The two dynamic linear components had repeatable and distinctive forms with the first being low-pass and the second being high-pass. The static nonlinearity was fitted with a fifth-order polynomial function over several input amplitude ranges and had the form of a half-wave rectifier. The complete model gave a good approximation to the output of the neuron when both were subjected to the same novel white noise input signal.

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