function spikes = lifspikes(trials, input, tmax) % Generate spike times of a leaky integrate-and-fire neuron. % trials: the number of trials to be generated % input: the stimulus intensity % tmax: the duration of a trial % D: the strength of additive white noise tau = 0.01; if nargin < 4 D = 1e0; end vreset = 0.0; vthresh = 10.0; D = 0.01; dt = 5e-5; n = ceil(tmax/dt); spikes = cell(trials, 1); for k=1:trials times = []; j = 1; v = vreset + (vthresh-vreset)*rand(); noise = sqrt(2.0*D)*randn(n, 1)/sqrt(dt); for i=1:length(noise) v = v + (- v + noise(i) + input)*dt/tau; if v >= vthresh v = vreset; spiketime = i*dt; times(j) = spiketime; j = j + 1; end end spikes{k} = times; end end