3 papers
math.DS2026
Stability and Wandering of Bumps in Neural Fields with Interneuron Subtypes
Bilal Ahmed, Heather Cihak, Gregory Handy
The maintenance of continuous variable information in working memory is thought to rely on persistent patterns of cortical activity. In delayed-estimation tasks, neural activity ca…
q-bio.TO2025
Compartmental-reaction diffusion framework for microscale dynamics of extracellular serotonin in brain tissue
Merlin Pelz, Skirmantas Janusonis, Gregory Handy
Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) is a major neurotransmitter whose release from densely distributed serotonergic varicosities shapes plasticity and network integration throughout th…
q-bio.QM2021
Revising Berg-Purcell for finite receptor kinetics
Gregory Handy, Sean D Lawley
From nutrient uptake, to chemoreception, to synaptic transmission, many systems in cell biology depend on molecules diffusing and binding to membrane receptors. Mathematical analys…