  The study of synchronization in biological systems is essential for the
understanding of the rhythmic phenomena of living organisms at both molecular
and cellular levels. In this paper, by using simple dynamical systems theory,
we present a novel mechanism, named transient resetting, for the
synchronization of uncoupled biological oscillators with stimuli. This
mechanism not only can unify and extend many existing results on (deterministic
and stochastic) stimulus-induced synchrony, but also may actually play an
important role in biological rhythms. We argue that transient resetting is a
possible mechanism for the synchronization in many biological organisms, which
might also be further used in medical therapy of rhythmic disorders. Examples
on the synchronization of neural and circadian oscillators are presented to
verify our hypothesis.
