Sensory receptors encode stimuli by transiently synchronizing ongoing electrical oscillations, conferring enhanced sensitivity to communication signals produced by large groups of conspecifics.
Computational and theoretical models show that rate adaptation of phase responses can regulate Purkinje cell outputs by forming transient oscillations in fast-spiking neurons.
Flight system of flies is driven by wings and mechanosensory halteres that operate as independently driven but coupled oscillators, thereby imparting robustness against wing or thorax damage.
Rinat Arbel-Goren, Valentina Buonfiglio ... Joel Stavans
Noisy circadian clocks in Anabaena, coupled by cell-cell communication, display high spatio-temporal coherence and can be robustly described by incorporating demographic noise in a theoretical model of coupled clock arrays.
Henrike Niederholtmeyer, Zachary Z Sun ... Sebastian J Maerkl
Rapid forward engineering can be accomplished using cell-free systems, as demonstrated by the implementation and characterization of novel genetic oscillators in a cell-free system and their consequent transfer to cells.
Time-lapse recording and theoretical analysis of individual cells isolated from the zebrafish segmentation clock reveal that they behave as self-sustained, autonomous oscillators with distinctive noisy dynamics.
Domingos Leite de Castro, Miguel Aroso ... Paulo Aguiar
Adaptive delayed feedback control is presented as a new real-time, closed-loop control algorithm for neurostimulation which can disrupt oscillations and reduce network synchrony in neuronal populations.
Hongfei Ji, Anthony D Fouad ... Christopher Fang-Yen
Behavioral, optogenetic, and computational modeling analyses show that the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans uses a relaxation oscillation mechanism to generate rhythmic locomotor patterns.