ISSN:
1432-1416
Keywords:
Key words: Bifurcation
;
Coupling
;
Oscillator
;
Network
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract. Chains of coupled oscillators of simple “rotator” type have been used to model the central pattern generator (CPG) for locomotion in lamprey, among numerous applications in biology and elsewhere. In this paper, motivated by experiments on lamprey CPG with brainstem attached, we investigate a simple oscillator model with internal structure which captures both excitable and bursting dynamics. This model, and that for the coupling functions, is inspired by the Hodgkin–Huxley equations and two-variable simplifications thereof. We analyse pairs of coupled oscillators with both excitatory and inhibitory coupling. We also study traveling wave patterns arising from chains of oscillators, including simulations of “body shapes” generated by a double chain of oscillators providing input to a kinematic musculature model of lamprey..
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002850050136
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