TY - JOUR
T1 - A coupled-oscillator model with a conservation law for the rhythmic amoeboid movements of plasmodial slime molds
AU - Tero, A.
AU - Kobayashi, R.
AU - Nakagaki, T.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Professor W. Alt for enthusiastic and critical discussion of the modeling component of this paper. R. Kobayashi is supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research No. 16654017 of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and T. Nakagaki is supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research No. 15300098 of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
PY - 2005/6/1
Y1 - 2005/6/1
N2 - Experiments on the fusion and partial separation of plasmodia of the true slime mold Physarum polycephalum are described, concentrating on the spatio-temporal phase patterns of rhythmic amoeboid movement. On the basis of these experimental results we introduce a new model of coupled oscillators with one conserved quantity. Simulations using the model equations reproduce the experimental results well.
AB - Experiments on the fusion and partial separation of plasmodia of the true slime mold Physarum polycephalum are described, concentrating on the spatio-temporal phase patterns of rhythmic amoeboid movement. On the basis of these experimental results we introduce a new model of coupled oscillators with one conserved quantity. Simulations using the model equations reproduce the experimental results well.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physd.2005.01.010
DO - 10.1016/j.physd.2005.01.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:19944402525
SN - 0167-2789
VL - 205
SP - 125
EP - 135
JO - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
JF - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
IS - 1-4
ER -