@article{BoedekerBetaFranketal.2010,
  author    = {Boedeker, Hendrik Ulrich and Beta, Carsten and Frank, Till D. and Bodenschatz, Eberhard},
  title     = {Quantitative analysis of random ameboid motion},
  issn      = {0295-5075},
  doi       = {10.1209/0295-5075/90/28005},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {We quantify random migration of the social ameba Dictyostelium discoideum. We demonstrate that the statistics of cell motion can be described by an underlying Langevin-type stochastic differential equation. An analytic expression for the velocity distribution function is derived. The separation into deterministic and stochastic parts of the movement shows that the cells undergo a damped motion with multiplicative noise. Both contributions to the dynamics display a distinct response to external physiological stimuli. The deterministic component depends on the developmental state and ambient levels of signaling substances, while the stochastic part does not.},
  language  = {en}
}