Kawato M, Sokabe M, Suzuki R
Biol Cybern. 1979 Oct;34(2):81-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00365472.
To investigate the role of electrical junction, a model system consisting of two electrically coupled neurons was studied. It was revealed that the model system generates both the in-phase pattern and the anti-phase pattern stably. Physiological condierations revealed the following. The in-phase discharge pattern (synergism) is a unique output of a electrically coupled pacemaker neurons. However, both the in-phase (synergism) and the anti-phase (antagonism) discharge patterns are possible for electrically coupled bursting neurons. We may expect other discharge patterns, such as a random discharge pattern (chaos), than the inphase and the anti-phase pattern in electrically coupled neurons. Random firing patterns in the inferior olive may be attributed to electrical synapses. Until now, we have assumed that excitation periods of two neurons were almost the same. When two periods are greatly different, various phenomena are expected. Determination of the stability of the anti-phase solution by the analytical methods, when diffusion constants are very small, is one of our future problems.
为了研究电突触的作用，对由两个电耦合神经元组成的模型系统进行了研究。结果表明，该模型系统能稳定地产生同相模式和反相模式。生理学考虑揭示了以下内容。同相放电模式（协同作用）是电耦合起搏神经元的独特输出。然而，对于电耦合爆发神经元，同相（协同作用）和反相（拮抗作用）放电模式都是可能的。我们可能会预期在电耦合神经元中存在除同相和反相模式之外的其他放电模式，比如随机放电模式（混沌）。下橄榄核中的随机放电模式可能归因于电突触。到目前为止，我们一直假设两个神经元的兴奋期几乎相同。当两个周期差异很大时，会出现各种现象。当扩散常数非常小时，通过解析方法确定反相解的稳定性是我们未来的问题之一。
