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Modulated excitability: a new way to obtain bursting neurons

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Classical burster models are based on a fast system hat either oscillates or is quiescent, depending on temporarily fixed values of slow variables. In a study of the lobster heart ganglion, we found a new type of burster for which the fast system is globally stable for all relevant fixed values of the slow variables. We describe how this burster works and speculate on its biological significance.

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  1. Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel

    Ehud Sivan & Hanna Parnas

  2. Department of Computer Science, Hebrew University, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel

    Ehud Sivan

  3. Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel

    Lee Segel

  4. The Center for Neural Computation, Hebrew University, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel

    Hanna Parnas

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Sivan, E., Segel, L. & Parnas, H. Modulated excitability: a new way to obtain bursting neurons. Biol. Cybern. 72, 455–461 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00201421

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