reynolds at park.bu.edu (John Reynolds) writes:
>What is the time scale of excitatory post-synaptic potential (epsp)
>summation? If I stimulate a cell twice with a delay in between, how
>long of a delay (longest/shortest?) will lead to an increased firing
>rate following the second stimulation?
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>John Reynolds
>reynolds at cns.bu.edu
> "Saru-mo Ki-kara Otiru" == Even monkeys fall from trees.
Just assume a simple exponential with time constant in the 5-10 msec
range; see the book by Segev if you want real detail.
William H. Calvin WCalvin at U.Washington.edu
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