Stochastic resonance enhancing detectability of weak signal by neuronal networks model for receiver

Abstract

Stochastic resonance phenomenon in a biological sensory system has been studied through signal detection theories and psychophysical experiments. There is a conflict between the real experiments and the traditional signal detection theory for stochastic resonance because the latter treats the receiver as linear model. This paper presents a two-layer summing network of Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) neurons and a summing network of threshold devices to model the receiver, respectively. The simulation results indicate that the relevant index of signal detectability exhibit the stochastic resonance characteristics. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006.