Analysis of the spontaneous activity of the identified neurone [A] of molluscan planorbius corneus

ABSTRACT

The glass microelectrode technique was used to record the spontaneous activity of the identified neurone [A] molluscan Planorbius comeus. The number of the recorded spontaneous spikes and there interspike time were found to be random variables. Using the stochastic distribution and the statistical analysis, it was found that a] The random spike number recorded at a definite interval of time follows the Poisson distribution with probability 95 percent b] The random interspike time obeys the exponential distribution with a mean value of 1.537 second. According to the results obtained in a and b, the number of the generated spontaneous spikes at a certain time interval could be predicted