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Theory for Characterization of Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation Induced by Time-Structured Stimuli

M. Tatsuno, Y. Aizawa

cond-mat.dis-nnarXiv:cond-mat/9703197

Abstract

We theoretically investigate long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus using a simple model of a neuron stimulated by three different time-structured input signals (regular, Markov, and chaotic). The synaptic efficacy change is described taking into account both N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA receptors. The experimental results are successfully explained by our neuron model, and the remarkable fact that the chaotic stimuli in the nonstationary regime produce the largest LTP is discussed.

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