The Circuit's Parameter Space (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

The Circuit's Parameter Space

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Because the model of the circuit collapsed to one equation with two parameters, the scientists were able to easily visualize its solutions. Oscillatory solutions are shown in blue and purple, steady value solutions are white and divergent solutions, where the activity steadily increases, are shown in black. The circuit is probably stuck in the white region most of the time but the fans of periodic solutions may also be useful biologically.

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Ralf Wessel/WUSTL

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