Multistability in Neurodynamics


  • This workshop is focused on the co-existence of regimes of activity of neurons. Such multistability enhances potential flexibility to the nervous system and has many implications for motor control, dynamical memory, information processing, and decision making.
  • The goal of this workshop is to identify the scenarios leading to multistability in the neuronal dynamics and discuss its potential roles in the operation of the central nervous system under normal and pathological conditions.
  • It is intensively studied on different levels. On the cellular level, multistability is co-existence of basic regimes like bursting, spiking, sub-threshold oscillations and silence. On the network level, examples of multistability include co-existence of different synchronization modes, ''on'' and ''off'' states, polyrhythmic bursting patterns, and co-existence of pathological and functional regimes.

    • Organizer: Gennady Cymbalyuk

    For questions contact Gennady Cymbalyuk (gcymbalyuk@gsu.edu).

    Invited Speakers:
    Maxim Bazhenov
    University of California Riverside, - Dept. of Cell Biology and Neuroscience     		TBA
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    Gennady Cymbalyuk
    Georgia State University, Neuroscience Institute    		 TBA
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    Fernando R. Fernandez
    University of Utah, - Department of Bioengineering    		 Modulation of intrinsic neuronal dynamics by input properties.
    Erik Fransén
    ,Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, - School of Comp Sci and Communication    		 Role of TRP channels in membrane potential plateaus
    Boris Gutkin
    Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, - Group for Neural Theory    		 Inverse Stochastic Resonance: a way to probe
    bistability in computo and in vitro with noise.
    Bóris Marin
    Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP Brazil    		 Analysis of a database of a neuronal model for multistability of oscillatory and stationary regimes
    ...
    Farzan Nadim
    New Jersey Institute of Technology, - Dept. of Mathematical Sciences    		 Tentatively TBA
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    Thomas Nowotny
    University of Sussex,-Informatics Department, Brighton BN1 9QJ, UK    		 Mono-, multi-, and meta-stability: What is the origin of patterned transient dynamics?
    Frances Skinner
    Toronto Western Research Institute, UHN, and University of Toronto     		Linking experiments and models with multistability.
    Peter Tass
    Research Centre Jülich, Institute of Medicine, Jülich, Germany     		Taking therapeutic advantage of neuronal multistability with CR stimulation.