From 7624d4ded7ee62cc1c08b42b65ecdfbf0bce0cc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bnewbold Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:19:31 -0400 Subject: second lecture notes --- lectures/lec10_bistability1 | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 lectures/lec10_bistability1 (limited to 'lectures') diff --git a/lectures/lec10_bistability1 b/lectures/lec10_bistability1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d9e4566 --- /dev/null +++ b/lectures/lec10_bistability1 @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ + +bistability +paradigm of low-activity and high-activity states; no cells/systems in between + +monostable systems are more common in biology. these are systems where the +system responds monotonically to a stimulus value or input: the more input, the +more output, with whatever curve (linear, s-curve, asymptotic) + +monostable is "analog"/continuous; bistable is "digital"/discrete + +enables persistence -- cgit v1.2.3