Abstract
The two-compartment Pinsky-Rinzel model of a hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neuron consists of electrically coupled soma and dendritic compartments, each with active ionic conductances. This model has been widely used in a variety of contexts, but little analysis has been performedon its bursting solutions. In this chapter, we provide a geometric framework to study the Pinsky-Rinzel model. Using a combination of analysis and simulations, we identify neuronal mechanisms responsible for certain salient features of the model such as burst initiation and somatic-dendritic ping-pong. Some of these mechanisms are then demonstrated in a conceptually simpler, two-compartment Morris-Lecar model.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Bursting |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Genesis of Rhythm in the Nervous System |
| Publisher | World Scientific Publishing Co. |
| Pages | 123-144 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789812703231 |
| ISBN (Print) | 981256506X, 9789812565068 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2005 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Medicine