Oscillatory Behavior

Oscillatory behavior is the repeated variation of a physical system around an equilibrium position or state, making it central to the study of waves, vibrations, and dynamic systems. It occurs when a restoring influence drives the system toward equilibrium while inertia carries it beyond that point, producing periodic or quasiperiodic motion; damping and external forces can reduce or sustain the oscillation. Key properties include amplitude, frequency, phase, and energy transfer between forms such as potential and kinetic energy. In physics, analyzing oscillatory behavior helps explain pendulums, springs, electrical circuits, sound, mechanical vibrations, and wave phenomena, while supporting the design of stable devices and measurement systems.

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JoVE Journal - Biology
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Assessing Cerebral Autoregulation via Oscillatory Lower Body Negative Pressure and Projection Pursuit Regression

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2014

Cerebral perfusion is maintained across a range of pressures via cerebral autoregulation. However, characterizing autoregulation requires prominent pressure fluctuations at regulated frequencies. The described protocol will show how oscillatory lower body negative pressure can generate pressure fluctuations to provide data for projection pursuit regression for quantification of the autoregulatory curve.

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JoVE Journal - Engineering

Assembly and Characterization of an External Driver for the Generation of Sub-Kilohertz Oscillatory Flow in Microchannels

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2022

The protocol demonstrates a convenient method to produce harmonic oscillatory flow from 10-1000 Hz in microchannels. This is performed by interfacing a computer-controlled speaker diaphragm to the microchannel in a modular manner.

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JoVE Journal - Behavior
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Behavioral Phenotyping of Murine Disease Models with the Integrated Behavioral Station (INBEST)

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2015

Prolonged and comprehensive monitoring of mice in a home-cage environment provides a deeper understanding of aberrant behavior in murine models of brain diseases. This paper describes the Integrated Behavioral Station (INBEST) as the key component of contemporary behavioral analysis.

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Preparation of Liquid Crystal Networks for Macroscopic Oscillatory Motion Induced by Light

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2017

The goal of the protocol is to create liquid crystalline polymer films that can mechanically oscillate under continuous light irradiation. We describe in great detail the conception of free-standing films, from the liquid crystal alignment method to the photo-actuation. The experimental protocol applied to prepare this material is broadly applicable.

Psychophysically-anchored, Robust Thresholding in Studying Pain-related Lateralization of Oscillatory Prestimulus Activity

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2017

Psychophysical methods such as the QUEST estimation procedure can efficiently yield robust estimates of the stimulation intensity at which nonpainful sensations transition into painful sensations. By stimulating repeatedly at the threshold intensity, the variability in rating responses can directly be attributed to perceptual classifications in subsequent analyses.

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