Abstract:A twocompartment neuron model with outside current feedback is considered in order to study the dynamics of bursting patterns. Firstly, on the base of numerical simulation, the behavior of phase synchronization for the spikes in the soma and dendrite compartments is investigated. Secondly, by using fastslow dynamics analysis, twoparameter bifurcation analysis of the fast subsystem is performed in the twoparameter plane. It is shown that three condimension2 bifurcation points are generated in the fast subsystem, i.e., foldHopf bifurcation ZH, cusp bifurcation CP and BogdanovTakens bifurcation BT. Finally, these condimension2 bifurcation points determine that different bursting oscillations occurs in the system, such as “fold/fold” type, “Hopf/Hopf” type, “Hopf/homoclinic” type and “fold/homoclinic” type. Furthermore, the generation and transition mechanisms of different bursting patterns are discussed. The results offer significant data for understanding the important role of the geometric parameter in the variety of neuronal firing activities