title: Bifurcation transitions in gap-junction-coupled neurons.
abstract: Here we investigate transitions occurring in the dynamical states of pairs of distinct neurons electrically coupled, with one neuron tonic and the other bursting. Depending on the dynamics of the individual neurons, and for strong enough coupling, they synchronize either in a tonic or a bursting regime, or initially tonic transitioning to bursting via a period doubling cascade. Certain intrinsic properties of the individual neurons such as minimum firing rates are carried over into the dynamics of the coupled neurons affecting their ultimate synchronous state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790, USA.
authors.forename: Annabelle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shaffer
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790, USA.
authors.forename: Allison L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790, USA.|School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790, USA.
authors.forename: Rosangela
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Follmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790, USA.|School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790, USA.
authors.forename: Epaminondas
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosa
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D017629:Gap Junctions / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*