Smart network solutions in an amoeboid organism

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Nakagaki, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Yamada, Hiroyasu ^b   Hara, Masahiko ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

Physarum; Small world network; Smart behavior; True slime mould

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; GEOMETRY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOULD; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHONDROMYCES; MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 1042278941     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(03)00189-3     Document Type: Article

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