Leaky integrate-and-fire model of spike frequency adaptation in the LGMD (Gabbiani and Krapp 2006)

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Accession:128449
This will reproduce Figure 9 of Gabbiani and Krapp (2006) J Neurophysiol 96:2951-2962. The figure simply shows that a leaky-integrate-and-fire model cannot reproduce spike frequency adaptation as it is seen experimentally in the LGMD neuron.
Reference:
1 . Gabbiani F, Krapp HG (2006) Spike-frequency adaptation and intrinsic properties of an identified, looming-sensitive neuron. J Neurophysiol 96:2951-62 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Locust Lobula Giant Movement Detector (LGMD) neuron; Abstract integrate-and-fire leaky neuron;
Channel(s): I K,Ca;
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Simulation Environment: MATLAB;
Model Concept(s): Spike Frequency Adaptation;
Implementer(s): Gabbiani, F;
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