What Is Stochastic Resonance? Definitions, Misconceptions, Debates, and Its Relevance to Biology

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Mark D. McDonnell ,

* E-mail: mark.mcdonnell@unisa.edu.au

Affiliation Institute for Telecommunications Research, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia, Australia
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Derek Abbott

Affiliation Centre for Biomedical Engineering and School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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ion channels
http://ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000348#article1.body1.sec2.p6

Please see also Fatade, A., Snowhite, J. and Green, M. E., A Resonance Model Gives the Response to Membrane Potential for an Ion Channel: II Simplification of the Calculation and Prediction of Stochastic Resonance, J. Theor. Biol. 206, 387-393 (2000)

No competing interests declared.

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