Strong coupling of nonlinear electronic and biological oscillators: reaching the "amplitude death" regime

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Oct 8;93(15):158102. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.158102. Epub 2004 Oct 4.

Abstract

Interaction between an electronic and a biological circuit has been investigated for a pair of electrically connected nonlinear oscillators, with a spontaneously oscillating olivary neuron as the single-cell biological element. By varying the coupling strength between the oscillators, we observe a range of behaviors predicted by model calculations, including a reversible low-energy dissipation "amplitude death" where the oscillations in the coupled system cease entirely.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Clocks*
  • Biomimetic Materials*
  • Electronics*
  • Membrane Potentials
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Olivary Nucleus / cytology
  • Olivary Nucleus / physiology*
  • Rats