Abstract
The generation and synchronization of bursts are studied in intrinsically spiking neurons due to stimulation with random intracellular calcium fluctuations. It is demonstrated that sufficiently strong noise could induce qualitative change in the firing patterns of a single neuron from periodic spiking to bursting modes. The dynamical mechanism of noise-induced bursting is presented based on a global bifurcation analysis. Furthermore, it is found that a pair of uncoupled and nonidentical spiking neurons, subjected to a common noise, can exhibit synchronous firing in terms of noise-induced bursting. Furthermore, the synchronization is overall enhanced with the noise intensity increasing, and synchronization transitions are exhibited at intermediate noise levels.
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