title: Spontaneous activity of living cells.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to give a theoretical framework to describe the mechanism of internal signal generation and discuss the physiological significance of spontaneous activities of certain living cells [Oosawa, F., 2001. Spontaneous signal generation in living cells. Bull. Math. Biol. 63, 643].
authors.affiliation: Aichi Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Haruoka, Nagoya 464-0848, Japan. foosawa@aitech.ac.jp
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oosawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D008954:Models, Biological; D009068:Movement; D010247:Paramecium / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D049490:Systems Biology