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@article{citeulike:848542, abstract = {The study of synchronization in biological systems is essential for the understanding of the rhythmic phenomena of living organisms at both molecular and cellular levels. In this paper, by using simple dynamical systems theory, we present a novel mechanism, named transient resetting, for the synchronization of uncoupled biological oscillators with stimuli. This mechanism not only can unify and extend many existing results on (deterministic and stochastic) stimulus-induced synchrony, but also may actually play an important role in biological rhythms. We argue that transient resetting is a possible mechanism for the synchronization in many biological organisms, which might also be further used in the medical therapy of rhythmic disorders. Examples of the synchronization of neural and circadian oscillators as well as a chaotic neuron model are presented to verify our hypothesis.}, author = {Li, Chunguang and Chen, Luonan and Aihara, Kazuyuki}, citeulike-article-id = {848542}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020103}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16933980}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16933980}, day = {4}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020103}, issn = {1553-7358}, journal = {PLoS Comput Biol}, keywords = {motn, project2}, month = {August}, number = {8}, posted-at = {2006-11-20 21:46:38}, priority = {1}, title = {Transient Resetting: A Novel Mechanism for Synchrony and Its Biological Examples.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020103}, volume = {2}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:848542 L3 - citeulike-article-id:848542 N2 - The study of synchronization in biological systems is essential for the understanding of the rhythmic phenomena of living organisms at both molecular and cellular levels. In this paper, by using simple dynamical systems theory, we present a novel mechanism, named transient resetting, for the synchronization of uncoupled biological oscillators with stimuli. This mechanism not only can unify and extend many existing results on (deterministic and stochastic) stimulus-induced synchrony, but also may actually play an important role in biological rhythms. We argue that transient resetting is a possible mechanism for the synchronization in many biological organisms, which might also be further used in the medical therapy of rhythmic disorders. Examples of the synchronization of neural and circadian oscillators as well as a chaotic neuron model are presented to verify our hypothesis. IS - 8 JF - PLoS Comput Biol SN - 1553-7358 TI - Transient Resetting: A Novel Mechanism for Synchrony and Its Biological Examples. VL - 2 KW - motn KW - project2 AU - Li, Chunguang AU - Chen, Luonan AU - Aihara, Kazuyuki PY - 2006/08/04/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020103 ER -