Control, synchronization, and replicability of aperiodic spike trains

Abstract

Aperiodic spike sequences, characterized by an almost constant spike amplitude and randomly distributed interspike intervals, are studied experimentally in an electrochemical cell. In the first set of experiments, these aperiodic spike trains are converted to regular spike sequences using periodic forcing. Subsequently, synchronization of two such irregular spike time series is achieved for an appropriate bidirectional coupling. Finally, reproducibility of these irregular spike profiles is evoked by virtue of an externally superimposed stochastic stimulus.