A simple model for phase locking of biological oscillators
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Mathematical Biology
- Vol. 7 (4) , 339-352
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00275153
Abstract
A mathematical model is presented for phase locking of a biological oscillator to a sinusoidal stimulus. Analytical, numerical and topological considerations are used to discuss the patterns of phase locking as a function of amplitude of the sinusoidal stimulus and the relative frequencies of the osillator and the sinusoidal stimulus. The sorts of experimental data which are needed to make comparisons between theory and experiment are discussed.Keywords
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