Complex Oscillations in the Delayed FitzHugh–Nagumo Equation

Motivated by the dynamics of neuronal responses, we analyze the dynamics of the FitzHugh–Nagumo slow–fast system with delayed self-coupling. This system provides a canonical example of a canard explosion for sufficiently small delays. Beyond this regime, delays significantly enrich the dynamics, leading to mixed-mode oscillations, bursting and chaos. These behaviors emerge from a delay-induced subcritical Bogdanov–Takens instability arising at the fold points of the S-shaped critical manifold. Underlying the transition from canard-induced to delay-induced dynamics is an abrupt switch in the nature of the Hopf bifurcation.

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