Figure 1. Poisson-like output firing requires Poisson-like inputs in a single neuron.

(a) Firing rate as a function of mean input drive with constant noise (dashed lines) and Poisson-like input noise (solid lines). (b,c) Fano factor as a function of mean input drive (b) and firing rate (c). Vertical red line indicates threshold current , defined as the minimal current to elicit firing in absence of input noise. (d) Mean membrane potential as a function of mean input drive. (e) Membrane potential traces corresponding to color dots in the previous panels: low (light green) and high (dark green) firing rate with constant input noise, and low (light blue) and high (dark blue) firing rate with Poisson-like input noise. Low and high firing rates conditions were chosen such that firing rates were comparable for the two input noise types.