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    "abstract": "We examine the response of type II excitable neurons to trains of synaptic\npulses, as a function of the pulse frequency and amplitude. We show that the\nresonant behavior characteristic of type II excitability, already described for\nharmonic inputs, is also present for pulsed inputs. With this in mind, we study\nthe response of neurons to pulsed input trains whose frequency varies\ncontinuously in time, and observe that the receiving neuron synchronizes\nepisodically to the input pulses, whenever the pulse frequency lies within the\nneuron\u0027s locking range. We propose this behavior as a mechanism of rate-code\ndetection in neuronal populations. The results are obtained both in numerical\nsimulations of the Morris-Lecar model and in an electronic implementation of\nthe FitzHugh-Nagumo system, evidencing the robustness of the phenomenon.",
    "arxiv_id": "q-bio/0605019",
    "authors": [
      "Pablo Balenzuela",
      "Javier M. Buldu",
      "Marcos Casanova",
      "Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "q-bio.NC"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevE.74.061910",
    "title": "Episodic synchronization in dynamically driven neurons",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0605019"
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