Wednesday, August 9

MS6
Bursting Dynamics

4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Koali (Salon 5)

A system is said to exhibit bursting dynamics when its behavior alternates between oscillation and quiescence. Bursting is prominent in many biological systems, especially in neurons. It is exhibited by individual cells as well as their populations. Understanding the biophysical and dynamical mechanism of bursting is a major problem in mathematical biology. The speakers will address this issue using various geometrical methods from bifurcation and singular perturbation theories.

Organizer: Eugene M. Izhikevich
The Neurosciences Institute, USA
4:00-4:25 Mechanisms of Bursting in pre-Botzinger Complex Pacemaking Neurons: Tests Using Artificial Conductance Injection
Robert J. Butera, Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; Christopher G. Wilson, National Institutes of Health, USA; John Rinzel, New York University, USA; and Jeffrey C. Smith, National Institutes of Health, USA
4:30-4:55 From Spikers to Bursters via Coupling: Effects of Heterogeneity
Gerda de Vries, University of Alberta, Canada; and Arthur Sherman, National Institutes of Health, USA
5:00-5:25 Thalamic Bursters and Sleep Rhythms
John Rinzel, Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences, New York University, USA
5:30-5:55 Synchronization of Bursters
Eugene M. Izhikevich, Organizer

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