Effects of Gap Junctions and Inhibition on the Synchronization Behavior of a Biophysically Detailed Neural Network Model of Bushy Cells

PurposeAuditory-nerve fiber (ANF) responses to sound are processed by several distinct neural circuits in the cochlear nucleus (CN). One of the main cochlear nucleus cell types that projects to higher auditory nuclei is bushy cells (BCs), which can be divided into two subtypes, globular and spherical, depending on the shape of their soma and their innervation patterns. Apart from receiving excitatory inputs from ANFs and inhibitory inputs from …