Firing Rate of Noisy Integrate-and-fire Neurons with Synaptic Current Dynamics

TL;DR

This paper derives analytical formulas for the firing rate of noisy integrate-and-fire neurons considering realistic synaptic dynamics, multiple inputs, and refractory periods, enhancing understanding of neuronal response behavior.

Contribution

It introduces new analytical expressions for neuron firing rates that incorporate complex synaptic and refractory effects, advancing theoretical neuron modeling.

Findings

Derived formulas account for multiple synaptic inputs.

Included effects of absolute refractory period.

Enhanced accuracy of firing rate predictions.

Abstract

We derive analytical formulae for the firing rate of integrate-and-fire neurons endowed with realistic synaptic dynamics. In particular we include the possibility of multiple synaptic inputs as well as the effect of an absolute refractory period into the description.