Initiation of propagation in a one-dimensional excitable medium

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 285-299

  Neu, John C ^a   Preissig Jr , R Stephen ^b   Krassowska, Wanda ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; FitzHugh Nagumo model; Luminal length; Propagation; Reaction diffusion equation; Transmembrane potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000288874     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(96)00203-5     Document Type: Article

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