Abstract
Oscillatory processes are fundamental to the operation of the nervous system. Theoretical and experimental studies on the properties of oscillators and networks of oscillators (Abbott, 1991; Kopell, 1988; Kopell and Ermentrout, 1988; Rand, Cohen and Holmes, 1988; Williams et al., 1990; Wang and Rinzel, 1992) are revealing the richness that neurons with oscillatory processes confer onto the dynamics of networks. In this paper we use neurons and networks from the crustacean stomatogastric ganglion to explore the consequences of electrically coupling neurons with different intrinsic membrane properties.