Noise effect in the 2nd route for . Raster plots of burst onset times in the whole population and in the Ith cluster (, 2, and 3) when a1 0 and a2 0.04. IWPBR of the whole population and ISPBR of the Ith cluster ( 2, and 3) for b1 0 and b2 0.04. c1–c5 IBI histograms for various values of D. Vertical dotted lines in c1–c4 denote the integer multiples of the global period of . : sequential long-term raster plots of burst onset times for the whole population and the clusters in d1 the early, d2 the intermediate, and d3 the final stages, and of the whole population and of the clusters in the e1 early, e2 the intermediate, and e3 the final stages. : f1 raster plot of burst onset times in the whole population and f2 of the whole population. g Plots of thermodynamic bursting order parameter versus the noise intensity D. For h1 raster plot of burst onset times in the whole population and h2 of the whole population. Plots of i1 the average occupation degree , i2 the average pacing degree , and i3 the statistical-mechanical bursting measure versus D