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  • Mathematical modeling of neural dynamics

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  • The Conductance-Based Adaptive Exponential (CAdEx) integrate-and-fire model is crucial for understanding neuronal excitability.
  • Its dynamics are influenced by multiple timescales, yet the precise mechanisms shaping its regimes remain incompletely understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To computationally investigate the CAdEx model's multiple timescale nature.
  • To elucidate how this feature shapes the model's spiking and delayed bursting regimes.

Main Methods:

  • Numerical bifurcation analysis using the COCO software package.
  • Detailed examination of discontinuity-induced bifurcations and canard solutions.

Main Results:

  • Spiking and delayed bursting regimes are triggered by discontinuity-induced bifurcations linked to multiple timescales.
  • Spike-increment transitions occur, accompanied by fold and period-doubling bifurcations, organized along an isola of periodic solutions.
  • A homoclinic bifurcation terminating a canard explosion, alongside resets, organizes the delayed bursting regime.

Conclusions:

  • The multiple-timescale aspect of the CAdEx model is fundamental to its complex dynamical behaviors.
  • Discontinuity-induced bifurcations and canard solutions play a critical role in generating distinct firing patterns.
  • This analysis provides a precise mechanistic understanding of the CAdEx model's regimes.