Figure 1.

Properties of the model. (A) The relationship between the discharge frequency and the injected current, I_ext, (F-I curve) for our model neuron. (B) Post-synaptic potentials evoked by a train of action potentials (left top panel) or by one presynaptic action potential (right top panel) following a long or short transient pulse of current. Post-synaptic potentials are shown (bottom panels) for the three types of interaction in a two-neurons system represented on the left diagram: the neurons interact via an electrical synapse connecting their soma (g_gap = 0.005 mS/cm², solid thick lines); the neurons interact via an electrical synapse connecting their dendritic compartments (g_gap = 0.02 mS/cm², solid thin lines); The neurons are coupled by inhibitory synapses located on their dendrite (g_inh = 0.05 mS/cm², dashed lines). (C) Coupling coefficient (CC) measured at the soma between two neurons coupled with electrical synapses on the dendritic compartments.