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Entrainment Maps.

Casey O Diekman¹, Amitabha Bose¹

¹Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey.

Journal of Biological Rhythms

|October 19, 2016

Summary

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A new entrainment map tool accurately predicts how circadian clocks synchronize with light-dark cycles, improving upon traditional phase response curves (PRCs) for better biological timing.

Keywords:

Poincaré section entrainment iterated map limit cycle mathematical modeling periodically forced oscillator phase response curve photoperiod

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Area of Science:

Chronobiology
Mathematical Biology
Systems Biology

Background:

Circadian oscillators regulate biological functions, aligning them with daily light-dark cycles through entrainment.
Phase response curves (PRCs) are traditional tools for studying entrainment but have limitations with complex photoperiods.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a novel entrainment map tool for assessing circadian clock entrainment to light-dark cycles.
To overcome limitations of PRCs in predicting entrainment under various photoperiods and light intensities.

Main Methods:

Construction of a 1-dimensional entrainment map for three mathematical models of circadian clocks.
Analysis of entrainment conditions, stability, and dependence on parameters like photoperiod and light intensity.
Comparison of entrainment map predictions with traditional PRC-based methods.

Main Results:

The entrainment map accurately predicts phase locking of circadian oscillators to external forcing.
It provides a more robust assessment of entrainment compared to PRC-based approaches.
The map facilitates calculation of time to entrainment and identifies conditions leading to loss of entrainment.

Conclusions:

The entrainment map is a superior tool for understanding and predicting circadian clock entrainment.
This method offers deeper insights into the dynamics of biological timing under light-dark cycles.
The tool has implications for various fields studying circadian rhythms and their environmental synchronization.