A model for the propagation of action potentials in non-uniformly excitable media

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-154

  Rabinovitch, A ^a   Aviram, I ^b   Gulko, N ^a   Ovsyshcher, E ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033590472     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0824     Document Type: Article

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