Chimera states and frequency clustering in systems of coupled inner-ear hair cells.

@article{Faber2021ChimeraSA,
  title={Chimera states and frequency clustering in systems of coupled inner-ear hair cells.},
  author={Justin Faber and Dolores Bozovic},
  journal={Chaos},
  year={2021},
  volume={31 7},
  pages={
          073142
        }
}
Coupled hair cells of the auditory and vestibular systems perform the crucial task of converting the energy of sound waves and ground-borne vibrations into ionic currents. We mechanically couple groups of living, active hair cells with artificial membranes, thus mimicking in vitro the coupled dynamical system. We identify chimera states and frequency clustering in the dynamics of these coupled nonlinear, autonomous oscillators. We find that these dynamical states can be reproduced by our… 
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