Pulse waves for a semi-discrete Morris-Lecar type model

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-20

  Chen, Xinfu ^a   Hastings, Stuart P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitable medium; Pulse wave; Traveling wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038505894     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002859970001     Document Type: Article

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