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Neural Computation (2009) 21 (2): 353–359.
Published: 01 February 2009
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Lovelace and Cios ( 2008 ) recently proposed a very simple spiking neuron (VSSN) model for simulations of large neuronal networks as an efficient replacement for the integrate-and-fire neuron model. We argue that the VSSN model falls behind key advances in neuronal network modeling over the past 20 years, in particular, techniques that permit simulators to compute the state of the neuron without repeated summation over the history of input spikes and to integrate the subthreshold dynamics exactly. State-of-the-art solvers for networks of integrate-and-fire model neurons are substantially more efficient than the VSSN simulator and allow routine simulations of networks of some 10 5 neurons and 10 9 connections on moderate computer clusters.
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Neural Computation (2000) 12 (2): 367–384.
Published: 01 February 2000
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We analyze the effect of noise in integrate-and-fire neurons driven by time-dependent input and compare the diffusion approximation for the membrane potential to escape noise. It is shown that for time-dependent subthreshold input, diffusive noise can be replaced by escape noise with a hazard function that has a gaussian dependence on the distance between the (noise-free) membrane voltage and threshold. The approximation is improved if we add to the hazard function a probability current proportional to the derivative of the voltage. Stochastic resonance in response to periodic input occurs in both noise models and exhibits similar characteristics.