title: Strong coupling of nonlinear electronic and biological oscillators: reaching the "amplitude death" regime.
abstract: Interaction between an electronic and a biological circuit has been investigated for a pair of electrically connected nonlinear oscillators, with a spontaneously oscillating olivary neuron as the single-cell biological element. By varying the coupling strength between the oscillators, we observe a range of behaviors predicted by model calculations, including a reversible low-energy dissipation "amplitude death" where the oscillations in the coupled system cease entirely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ozden
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Venkataramani
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Connors
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Nurmikko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks; D040761:Biomimetic Materials; D004581:Electronics; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009847:Olivary Nucleus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats