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TY - JOUR
T1 - Noise-induced escape in an excitable system
AU - Khovanov, I. A.
AU - Polovinkin, A. V.
AU - Luchinsky, D. G.
AU - McClintock, P. V. E.
N1 - ©2013 American Physical Society
PY - 2013/3/7
Y1 - 2013/3/7
N2 - We consider the stochastic dynamics of escape in an excitable system, the FitzHugh-Nagumo (FHN) neuronal model, for different classes of excitability. We discuss, first, the threshold structure of the FHN model as an example of a system without a saddle state. We then develop a nonlinear (nonlocal) stability approach based on the theory of large fluctuations, including a finite-noise correction, to describe noise-induced escape in the excitable regime. We show that the threshold structure is revealed via patterns of most probable (optimal) fluctuational paths. The approach allows us to estimate the escape rate and the exit location distribution. We compare the responses of a monostable resonator and monostable integrator to stochastic input signals and to a mixture of periodic and stochastic stimuli. Unlike the commonly used local analysis of the stable state, our nonlocal approach based on optimal paths yields results that are in good agreement with direct numerical simulations of the Langevin equation. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.032116
AB - We consider the stochastic dynamics of escape in an excitable system, the FitzHugh-Nagumo (FHN) neuronal model, for different classes of excitability. We discuss, first, the threshold structure of the FHN model as an example of a system without a saddle state. We then develop a nonlinear (nonlocal) stability approach based on the theory of large fluctuations, including a finite-noise correction, to describe noise-induced escape in the excitable regime. We show that the threshold structure is revealed via patterns of most probable (optimal) fluctuational paths. The approach allows us to estimate the escape rate and the exit location distribution. We compare the responses of a monostable resonator and monostable integrator to stochastic input signals and to a mixture of periodic and stochastic stimuli. Unlike the commonly used local analysis of the stable state, our nonlocal approach based on optimal paths yields results that are in good agreement with direct numerical simulations of the Langevin equation. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.032116
KW - CHAOS
KW - FLUCTUATIONS
KW - EXIT PROBLEM
KW - DRIVEN
KW - DYNAMICAL-SYSTEMS
KW - BEHAVIOR
KW - COHERENCE RESONANCE
KW - RESONANT ACTIVATION
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.032116
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.032116
M3 - Journal article
VL - 87
JO - Physical Review E
JF - Physical Review E
SN - 1539-3755
IS - 3
M1 - ARTN 032116
ER -