On the behavior of mRIC - A simple model of living pacemakers driven by periodic pulse trains

BioSystems

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Sato, Shunsuke ^a   Nomura, Taishin ^a   Doi, Shinji ^a   Yamanobe, Takanobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chaos; Non periodic input; Pacemaker neuron; Periodic input; Phase locking; Phase transition curve; Time phase

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; PACEMAKER; PULSE RATE; SINUS NODE; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0031060122     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(96)01643-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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