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Phys. Rev. E 59, 5920–5927 (1999)

Noise and periodic modulations in neural excitable media

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J. M. G. Vilar1, R. V. Solé2,3, and J. M. Rubí1
1Departament de Física Fonamental, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
2Department of Physics, FEN, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord, Mòdul B4, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
3Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501-8943

Received 23 June 1997; revised 29 December 1997; published in the issue dated May 1999

We have analyzed the interplay between noise and periodic modulations in a mean field model of a neural excitable medium. For this purpose, we have considered two types of modulations, namely, variations of the resistance and oscillations of the threshold. In both cases, stochastic resonance is present, irrespective of whether the system is monostable or bistable.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.59.5920
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.59.5920
PACS:
87.19.La, 05.40.-a