Department of Physics, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China.
Institute of Biophysics and Department of Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 27;7:43452. doi: 10.1038/srep43452.
Realistic neurons may hold complex anatomical structure, for example, autapse connection to some internuncial neurons, which this specific synapse can connect to its body via a close loop. Continuous exchanges of charged ions across the membrane can induce complex distribution fluctuation of intracellular and extracellular charged ions of cell, and a time-varying electromagnetic field is set to modulate the membrane potential of neuron. In this paper, an autapse-modulated neuron model is presented and the effect of electromagnetic induction is considered by using magnetic flux. Bifurcation analysis and sampled time series for membrane potentials are calculated to investigate the mode transition in electrical activities and the biological function of autapse connection is discussed. Furthermore, the Gaussian white noise and electromagnetic radiation are considered on the improved neuron model, it is found appropriate setting and selection for feedback gain and time delay in autapse can suppress the bursting in neuronal behaviors. It indicates the formation of autapse can enhance the self-adaption of neuron so that appropriate response to external forcing can be selected, this biological function is helpful for encoding and signal propagation of neurons. It can be useful for investigation about collective behaviors in neuronal networks exposed to electromagnetic radiation.
真实的神经元可能具有复杂的解剖结构,例如,一些中间神经元的自突触连接,这种特定的突触可以通过一个紧密的环连接到其自身。跨膜的带电离子的连续交换可以诱导细胞内和细胞外带电离子的复杂分布波动,并且时变电磁场被设置为调节神经元的膜电位。本文提出了一种自突触调制神经元模型,并通过磁通考虑了电磁感应的影响。计算了膜电位的分岔分析和采样时间序列,以研究电活动中的模式转换和自突触连接的生物学功能。此外,在改进的神经元模型中考虑了高斯白噪声和电磁辐射,发现自突触的反馈增益和时滞的适当设置和选择可以抑制神经元行为中的爆发。这表明自突触的形成可以增强神经元的自适应性,从而可以选择对外界强迫的适当反应,这种生物学功能有助于神经元的编码和信号传递。它可以用于研究暴露于电磁辐射的神经元网络中的集体行为。