In biological neural networks, a rapid train of action potentials over an axon. A tetanus is essentially a strong stimulus.

Loosely, in Netlab, this is similar to a sustained high axon level on an axon contacting the post synaptic neuron. In Netlab, action potentials are abstracted to signal levels (values, called axon levels), which represent the train of action potentials after they have been frequency-demodulated.


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Resources

• Post-Tetanic Potentiation and Facilitation of Synaptic Potentials Evoked In Cat Spinal Motoneurones
  

• Usage Citations:
    (Note: The following usage citations are presented, primarily, to serve as wiki-antidotes.)
  • Clinical Anesthesia (pg 518)
    See the section titled "Tetanus", e.g., "For a 50Hz tetanus applied for 5 seconds, the duration of the interval appears to be at least 1 to 2 minutes."
  • The Neuron: Cell and Molecular Biology (Pg 562)
    "during the tetanus, even a strong tetanic stimulus does not produce LTP"
  • g-PRIME
    "Tetanus duration indicates the length of time to present the repeated pulse stimulus..."
  • Fundamentals of Neuroscience Vol. 1 (page 1288)
    "compare the EPSP before and after the tetanus"
  • [$$$] The effect of a tetanic stimulus on the response to subsequent tetanic stimulation.
    "the tetanic fade ratio for the first second of tetanus was 0.35 during baseline tetanic stimulation..."