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A critical firing rate associated with tonic-to-bursting transitions in synchronized gap-junction coupled neurons

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A transition between tonic and bursting neuronal behaviors is studied using a linear chain of three electrically coupled model neurons. Numerical simulations show that, depending on their individual dynamical states, the neurons first synchronize either in a tonic or in a bursting regime. Additionally, a characteristic firing rate, mediating tonic-to-bursting transitions in networked neurons, is found to be associated with a firing rate encountered in the single neuron’s equivalent transition. A few cases describing this peculiar phenomenon are presented.

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  1. Department of Physics, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 61790, USA

    Annabelle Shaffer, Rosangela Follmann, Allison L. Harris & Epaminondas Rosa Jr.

  2. School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 61790, USA

    Rosangela Follmann & Epaminondas Rosa Jr.

  3. School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

    Svetlana Postnova

  4. Institute of Physiology, University of Marburg, 35037, Marburg, Germany

    Hans Braun

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Shaffer, A., Follmann, R., Harris, A.L. et al. A critical firing rate associated with tonic-to-bursting transitions in synchronized gap-junction coupled neurons. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 226, 1939–1951 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2017-70024-6

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