Multistep navigation of leukocytes: A stochastic model with memory effects

Mathematical Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-303

  Oelz, Dietmar ^a   Schmeiser, Christian ^b,c   Soreff, Alexander ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c JOHANN RADON INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Leukocytes

Indexed keywords

FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CHEMOTAXI; DETERMINISTIC SYSTEMS; DIRECT SIMULATION; LEUCOCYTES; LONG TIME BEHAVIOR; MEMORY EFFECTS; MULTISTEPS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; STOCHASTIC-MODELING; SYSTEMS OF STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 31044443732     PISSN: 14778599     EISSN: 14778602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqi009     Document Type: Article

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