Research Article

Quantitative Estimation of the Nonstationary Behavior of Neural Spontaneous Activity

Table 2

Average values for each experiment, considering all the 60 channels, based on (7) and classical spiking processing.

Experiment numberST [s] – AANSA signalsST [s] – ISI time seriesMIB [s]MFR [spikes/s]MBR [bursts/min]

12.29 0.063.10 0.043.26 0.0110.01 0.0619.07 0.06
22.41 0.064.93 0.025.03 0.026.63 0.0113.63 0.09
32.50 0.066.12 0.016.44 0.025.69 0.0311.77 0.02
42.42 0.065.53 0.035.61 0.017.17 0.0213.57 0.03
Overall average2.40 0.064.925.097.3814.51

Remarks on abbreviations: AANSA = Absolute-Amplitude Neural Spontaneous Activity; ISI = Interspike Interval; MIB = Mean InterBurst Interval; MFR = Mean Firing Rate; MBR = Mean Burst Rate.