We investigate the bifurcation and multistability in the extended Hindmarsh–Rose neuronal oscillator.
With the help of the normal form theory, we analyze the emergence and the direction of the Hopf bifurcation.
We also find that the extended Hindmarsh–Rose presents the multistability of oscillatory and silent regimes.
The results are helpful for enhancing our knowing on the way by which the neuronal system works, and encodes information.