Entrainment range affected by the difference in sensitivity to light-information between two groups of SCN neurons
The effect of the sensitivity q on the lower limit entrainment (LLE) when the intrinsic periods of the neurons are nonidentical (the standard deviation is β = 0.03). The parameter L is 0.05, 0.1, and 0.15 in panels (a)–(c), respectively. The relationship of the LLE to q is monotonous for cases of p ≠ 1 in panel (a), and is parabolic-like for each case of p in panel (b) or panel (c). In panel (d), the relationship of the trough qc to p is shown. The number of neurons are N = 100 and the coupling strength is G = 0.1. Note that larger LLE corresponds to smaller entrainment range. The dashed line indicates the line of qc = 1 in panel (d).
