A simplified model of propagation and dissipation of excitation fronts

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3605-3619

  Biktashev, V N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Asymptotic embedding; Cardiac excitation; Fast slow systems; Front propagation; Singular perturbations

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CARDIOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TISSUE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASYMPTOTIC EMBEDDING; CARDIAC EXCITATION; FAST-SLOW SYSTEMS; FRONT PROPAGATION; SINGULAR PERTURBATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642348388     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127403008958     Document Type: Article

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