Defect-induced propagation in excitable media

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3125-3133

  Zheng, Zhigang ^b   Cross, Michael C ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FitzHugh Nagumo model; Pacemaker defects

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLITONS; THERMAL NOISE; TISSUE;

COUPLING STRENGTH; PACEMAKER DEFECTS;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0346910304     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127403008491     Document Type: Article

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