TITLE:

TOPOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF NEURONAL BURSTING (No. 47)

DATE:

Friday, April 16th, 2004

TIME:

3:30 PM

LOCATION:

GMCS 214

SPEAKER:

Eugene Izhikevich, The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, CA

ABSTRACT:

When activity of a dynamical system alternates between a quiescent state (equilibrium) and a rhythmic behavior (limit cycle), the system is said to be bursting. Such a phenomenon is ubiquitous in nature, especially in neurons. We review bifurcation mechanisms involved in the generation of bursting dynamics, and we provide topological classification of all possible bursters. Finally, we discuss how the topological type of bursting defines its neuro-computational properties.

This talk is based on the author’s recent plenary lecture given at The Fields Institute.

Read more at http://www.nsi.edu/users/izhikevich/publications/nesb.htm

HOST:

Antonio Palacios

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