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The relationship between two fast/slow analysis techniques for bursting oscillations.

Wondimu Teka¹, Joël Tabak, Richard Bertram

¹Department of Mathematics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA.

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)

|January 3, 2013

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Mathematical models of bursting oscillations reveal connections between fast-slow subsystem analysis. The study links z-curves and Hopf bifurcations to folded node singularities and critical manifolds in excitable systems.

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Area of Science:

Computational neuroscience
Mathematical biology
Systems biology

Background:

Bursting oscillations in excitable systems exhibit multi-timescale dynamics.
Traditional analysis splits models into fast and slow subsystems, focusing on the fast subsystem's bifurcation structure (z-curve, Hopf bifurcation).
An alternative approach analyzes the slow subsystem dynamics, revealing folded node singularities and critical manifolds.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationships between the key structures of two distinct analysis techniques for bursting oscillations.
To connect the traditional two-fast/one-slow decomposition with the one-fast/two-slow decomposition focusing on slow dynamics.

Main Methods:

Analysis of mathematical models of bursting oscillations in excitable systems.
Comparison of bifurcation structures from two-fast/one-slow and one-fast/two-slow decompositions.
Investigation of singular limits where timescales become extreme.

Main Results:

The z-curve and Hopf bifurcation from the two-fast/one-slow method correspond to the voltage nullcline and folded node singularity in the one-fast/two-slow method, respectively.
These structures become identical in the double singular limit (infinitely fast voltage, infinitely slow calcium).

Conclusions:

The study establishes a direct relationship between the geometric structures arising from different timescale decomposition methods for bursting oscillations.
This provides a unified understanding of bursting dynamics, linking traditional and slow-subsystem-focused analyses.
Findings are particularly relevant for modeling bursting in biological systems like pituitary cells.