Figure 5.
Synchronization of neuronal clusters. (A and B) Minimum values of gj necessary for synchronization of neuronal networks (gj,min-synchr). (A) Repeated APs in cell 1 (red) and cell 2 (blue; b and c) evoked by long depolarizing current pulses shown in a. At gj = 0, cells exhibited repeated spiking activity at 65 and 95 Hz (b) and gj = 0.26 nS (c). (B) Summarized data of gj,min-synchr values in 1-D and 2-D clusters of different sizes depending on differences in their firing rates of neurons, ΔFR. (C) Summary of the minimum gj necessary for AP transfer between neurons (gj,min-transf) depending on frequency of APs caused by repeated 2-ms-long Iext steps of 30 pA. Values of gj,min-transf were evaluated in the cell pair (1 × 2) and 2-D clusters ranging from 2 × 2 to 7 × 7.