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Science 19 August 1977:
Vol. 197. no. 4305, pp. 761 - 763
DOI: 10.1126/science.887919
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Science, Vol 197, Issue 4305, 761-763
Copyright © 1977 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Phase control of neural pacemakers

AT Winfree

An electrical stimulus resets the phase of a spontaneously rhythmic neuron. The "new phase" versus "old phase" curve shows either of two distinct topological characters, depending on the stimulus magnitude. These features, and a phase singularity implicit in them, are common to many stable oscillations deriving from continuous feedback between two or more biophysical quantities.


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