Numerical Approach to Fast Reactions in Reaction-Diffusion Systems: Application to Buffered Calcium Waves in Bistable Models

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 186-218

  Slepchenko, Boris M ^a   Schaff, James C ^a   Choi, Y S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistability; Calcium buffering; Cell modeling; Li Rinzel model; Pseudo steady approximation; Reaction diffusion systems

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DYNAMIC MODELS; FLUORESCENCE;

BI-STABILITY; BISTABLES; CALCIUM BUFFERING; CALCIUM WAVES; CELL MODEL; LI-RINZEL MODEL; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PSEUDO-STEADY APPROXIMATION; REACTION DIFFUSION SYSTEMS; TRAVELLING WAVES;

CALCIUM;

EID: 0000896334     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2000.6532     Document Type: Article

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