Analysis of a canard mechanism by which excitatory synaptic coupling can synchronize neurons at low firing frequencies

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-92

  Drover, Jonathan ^a   Rubin, Jonathan ^a   Su, Jianzhong ^b   Ermentrout, Bard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canard; Hodgkin Huxley equations; Neuronal oscillations; Slow passage; Synaptic excitation

Indexed keywords

CANARD; HODGKIN-HUXLEY EQUATIONS; NEURONAL OSCILLATIONS; SLOW PASSAGE; SYNAPTIC EXCITATIONS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DYNAMICS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 16244415882     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139903431233     Document Type: Article

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