… system termed biological oscillators or ‘clocks’. These endogenous oscillators establish and
maintain … Thus, the conflicting findings among various mammalian models complicate the …

… regulation of circadian rhythms of cardiovascular function. Light/dark cycle entrains the
central clock in the SCN, which in turn regulates rhythmic oscillation in peripheral tissues clocks …

… oscillators, such as the heart and respiratory activity. The noisiness of cardiac and respiratory
oscillators is due to stochastic inputs, mainly of neural origin, perturbing continuously their …

… in the heart’s pacemaker, the sinus … pacemaker mechanisms (membrane and Ca 2+ clocks),
transcripts responsible for receptors and signalling pathways known to control pacemaking, …

… node—the human heart natural pacemaker, and then propagation … transient change in the
intrinsic oscillation of the nodal cell. … The authors declare that they have no known competing …

… Van der Pol oscillators, representing the behavior of the two cardiac pacemakers, SA and
AV … The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal …

… the angular frequency of the oscillation exceeds a value given by … in the plain sight of
competition. Almost everyone in the … irradiation on pacemaker function in isolated frog heart slices…

… Both are related to membrane potential oscillation following a normal depolarization. EADs
… junctional pacemaker. This results in the cardiac rhythm being controlled by two competing …

… has been mostly disappointing during the past few decades. … experiments or the nodal
pacemaking in the heart). The … and integrating the 2 previous oscillation mechanisms. However, a …

… Cardiac pacemaker cells (CPCs) rhythmically initiate the electrical impulses that drive
heart contraction. CPCs display the highest rate of spontaneous depolarization in the heart …