Transient and steady state phase response curves of limit cycle oscillators |
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Authors: | M. Kawato |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biophysical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 560 Osaka, Japan |
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Abstract: | The experiment of phase shifts resulting from discrete perturbations of stable biological rhythms has been carried out to study entrainment behavior of oscillators. There are two kinds of phase response curves, which are measured in experiments, according to as one measures the phase shifts immediately or long after the perturbation. The former is the first transient phase response curve and the latter is the steady state phase response curve. We redefine both curves within the framework of dynamical system theory and homotopy theory. Several topological properties of both curves are clarified. Consequently, it is shown that we must compare the shapes of both two phase response curves to investigate the inner structures of biological oscillators. Moreover, we prove that a single limit cycle oscillator involving only two variables cannot simulate transient resetting behavior reported by Pittendrigh and Minis (1964). In other words, the circadian oscillator of Drosophila pseudoobscura does not consist of a single oscillator of two variables. Finally we show that a model which consists of two limit cycle oscillators is able to simulate qualitatively the phase response curves of Drosophila. |
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Keywords: | Biological oscillators Phase response curves Dynamical system theory Circadian oscillator |
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