# A cubic-quadratic phenomenological model explains the spiking, chaotic and bursting behaviors of neuron

**Authors:** Shuihan Qiu, Yeyuge Chen, Zengru Di

PMC · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-98381-6 · 2025-04-25

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a new neuron model that can simulate spiking, bursting, and chaotic behaviors using a two-dimensional mathematical framework.

## Contribution

The novel contribution is a two-dimensional phenomenological model that captures diverse neuron dynamics through bifurcation analysis.

## Key findings

- The model exhibits Andronov-Hopf and saddle-point bifurcations.
- Periodic input currents can reproduce spiking, bursting, and chaotic behaviors.
- The model's behavior changes with input current frequency.

## Abstract

In this manuscript, we present a two-dimensional phenomenological spiking neuron model. By analyzing the bifurcation diagram and phase portraits of the two-dimensional model, Andronov-Hopf bifurcation, saddle-point bifurcation and saddle-point on invariant circle bifurcation are discussed in detail. Based on the above analysis, a periodic input current is designed to simulate the basic firing mode of a single neuron. With the change of the input current frequency, the model can reproduce rich dynamical behaviors such as spike, bursts, and chaos.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** wake (MESH:D012893), Parkinson's (MESH:D010300), insomnia (MESH:D007319), psychiatric symptoms (MESH:D001523), neurological diseases (MESH:D020271), epilepsy (MESH:D004827), Alzheimer's (MESH:D000544)
- **Chemicals:** E (MESH:D004540), potassium (MESH:D011188)

## Figures

12 figures with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12032110/full.md

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