Modeling the Bursting Effect in Neuron Systems

We propose a new method for modeling the well-known phenomenon of “bursting behavior” in neuron systems by invoking delay equations. Namely, we consider a singularly perturbed nonlinear difference-differential equation with two delays describing the functioning of an isolated neuron. Under a suitable choice of parameters, we establish the existence of a stable periodic motion with any prescribed number of spikes on a closed time interval equal to the period length.