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. 2014 Oct 10;9(10):e109894. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109894

Table 1. Parameters of neural network.

Pre-I/I Early-I Aug-E Post-I Late-E Pons RTN PSR
i Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
1: Pre-I/I 0.15 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.2
2: Early-I 0.35 0.15 0.42 0.4 0.5 Inline graphic
3: Aug-E 0.42 0.2 0.25 1.0
4: Post-I 0.22 0.7 Inline graphic
5: Late-E 0.075 0.12 0.15
6: Ramp-I 0.35 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.25 1.1

Note that PSR is the peripheral feedback provided by the lung stretch receptors. In our model, we use Inline graphic, the inspired lung volume (excess of the lung volume above the basal volume, see (25)), as the PSR signal that is multiplied by the ei, fi values indicated in the table.