[Model studies of mechanisms of the rhythmic activity of mammalian neurons].

A model of electric excitability of mammalian neurons is developed based on described properties of the corresponding ionic currents. It is shown that these neurons may possess two types of rhythmic activity. The first type corresponds to the combination of the fast sodium and delayed potassium currents, the average period of membrane potential oscillations being 74 +/- 27 ms. The second type is determined by calcium and Ca-dependent potassium currents, and its interspike interval is equal to 850 +/- 40 ms. Two mechanisms of adaptation (elongation of the interspike interval) of rhythmic activity are predicted for these neurons. The former is determined by the fast potassium current and the latter is due to accumulation of calcium ions inside the cell and the development of Ca-dependent potassium conductance.