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. 2012 Dec 5;7(12):e50189. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050189

Figure 3. The adaptation of the neural activity by the STD model is independent from the membrane conductance model.

Figure 3

A Activity of two neurons Inline graphic and Inline graphic showing the LCM at the fundamental frequency of 11.9 Hz (84 ms) for a network constructed using the Hodgkin-Huxley conductance model. B Activity of neurons Inline graphic and Inline graphic showing the fundamental frequency of 1.85 Hz, using the Fitzhugh-Nagumo model. C The network of HH neurons and synaptic transmission as in panel lbfa, but without adaptation. The neurons function as simple coincidence detectors and do not converge to the LCM. Due to the difference in periodicity of the two neurons they will eventually go completely out of phase. D Phase diagram of the relative change in membrane voltage for the HH network versus the relative change in timing induced by deterministic LTD adaptation. Shown are the stable phase differences for neurons Inline graphic (blue) and Inline graphic (green) for at least 20 periods. The phase difference was calculated by determining the timing differences of spiking events for individual periods between synapses connecting Inline graphic and Inline graphic of the adapted network and the non-adapted network. The corresponding difference in amplitude of the membrane activity for each event provides the relative change.