A numeric study of the noise-induced tremor in a mathematical model of the stretch reflex

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-115

  Santillán, Moisés ^a,c   Hernández Pérez, Ricardo ^a   Delgado Lezama, Rodolfo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic systems; Mathematical biology; Muscle contraction; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0242668426     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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