Title :
An electrophysiological model of chemotactic response in Paramecium
Author :
Hirano, Akira ; Tsuji, Toshio ; Takiguchi, Noboru ; Ohtake, Hisao
Abstract :
In order to survive in complex natural environments, living organisms have been genetically acquiring various algorithms. Paramecium, for example, exhibits an avoiding reaction when it senses repellent chemicals on the anterior part of the cell. Also, on sensing attractants, it accelerates its swimming velocity and remains in the area. Such a chemotactic response is called chemotaxis. In this paper, we proposes the computer model of Paramecium based on biological knowledge. And, we report the simulation experiments that the computer model can reproduce the characteristics of the actual organism.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; cellular biophysics; microorganisms; physiological models; Paramecium; attractant sensing; avoiding reaction; chemotactic response; chemotaxis; electrophysiological model; living organisms; repellent chemicals; swimming velocity; Biological system modeling; Biomembranes; Chemicals; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Control systems; Electric potential; Medical control systems; Micromechanical devices; Organisms;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2006. SMC '06. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0099-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0100-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2006.384690
