Bursting biological cell model

Simple periodic behaviour is far from being the only mode of oscillation observed in chemical and, even more, biological systems. For many nerve cells, indeed, particularly in molluscs, oscillations take the form of bursts of action potentials, recurring at regular intervals representing a phase of quiescence. The best-characterized example of this mode of oscillatory behaviour known as bursting is provided by the R15 neuron of Aplysia (Alving, 1968 Adams Benson, 1985). Neurons of the central nervous system of mammals (Johnston Brown, 1984) also present this type of oscillations. In addition, complex oscillations have been observed and modelled in chemical systems (see, for example, Janz, Vanacek Field, 1980 Rinzel Troy, 1982, 1983 Petrov, Scott Sho waiter, 1992). 

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