Spike-Adding Mechanisms in a Three-Timescale System: Insights from the FitzHugh-Nagumo Model with Periodic Forcing

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Hauptverfasser: Melland, Pake, Curtu, Rodica, Aminzare, Zahra
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author Melland, Pake
Curtu, Rodica
Aminzare, Zahra
author_facet Melland, Pake
Curtu, Rodica
Aminzare, Zahra
contents In this work, we investigate the spike-adding mechanism in a class of three-dimensional fast-slow systems with three distinct timescales, inspired by the FitzHugh-Nagumo (FHN) model driven by periodic input. First, we numerically generate a spike-adding diagram for the FHN model by varying the frequency and amplitude of the input, revealing that as the frequency decreases and the amplitude increases, the number of spikes within each burst grows. We demonstrate that a similar spike-adding structure occurs in the more realistic, periodically forced Morris-Lecar neuronal model. Next, we apply methods from geometric singular perturbation theory to compute critical and super-critical manifolds of the fast-slow system. We use them to characterize the emergence of new burst-spikes in the FHN model, when the periodic forcing resembles a low frequency-band brain rhythm. We then describe how the uncovered spike-adding mechanism defines the boundaries that separate regions with different spike counts in the parameter space.
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spellingShingle Spike-Adding Mechanisms in a Three-Timescale System: Insights from the FitzHugh-Nagumo Model with Periodic Forcing
Melland, Pake
Curtu, Rodica
Aminzare, Zahra
Dynamical Systems
Neurons and Cognition
34C23, 34C25, 34E13, 34D15, 92B05, 37N25
In this work, we investigate the spike-adding mechanism in a class of three-dimensional fast-slow systems with three distinct timescales, inspired by the FitzHugh-Nagumo (FHN) model driven by periodic input. First, we numerically generate a spike-adding diagram for the FHN model by varying the frequency and amplitude of the input, revealing that as the frequency decreases and the amplitude increases, the number of spikes within each burst grows. We demonstrate that a similar spike-adding structure occurs in the more realistic, periodically forced Morris-Lecar neuronal model. Next, we apply methods from geometric singular perturbation theory to compute critical and super-critical manifolds of the fast-slow system. We use them to characterize the emergence of new burst-spikes in the FHN model, when the periodic forcing resembles a low frequency-band brain rhythm. We then describe how the uncovered spike-adding mechanism defines the boundaries that separate regions with different spike counts in the parameter space.
title Spike-Adding Mechanisms in a Three-Timescale System: Insights from the FitzHugh-Nagumo Model with Periodic Forcing
topic Dynamical Systems
Neurons and Cognition
34C23, 34C25, 34E13, 34D15, 92B05, 37N25
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00152