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. 2009 Oct 21;4(10):e7189. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007189

Figure 4. The response of the system with positive or mutually activating interactions between cAMP and calcium.

Figure 4

a A bifurcation diagram for calcium as a function of activated PLCInline graphic when activated AC is at 0.17 Inline graphicM. Symbols are the same as Fig. 2. PD indicates a period-doubling bifurcation. Example time courses of calcium and cAMP are shown when activated PLCInline graphic is at 0.2 Inline graphicM, 0.28 Inline graphicM, 0.31 Inline graphicM, and 0.36 Inline graphicM. Bursting oscillations appear for intermediate activated PLCInline graphic concentrations. The amplitude of the oscillations increases and decreases as activated PLCInline graphic increases, and oscillations gradually disappear. b The frequency of the cAMP and calcium oscillations as a function of both activated AC and PLCInline graphic concentrations. c The amplitude of the calcium oscillations. d The amplitude of the cAMP oscillations.