Rotating wave solutions of the FitzHugh-Nagumo equations

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 797-819

  Alford, John G ^a   Auchmuty, Giles ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Bifurcation; Reentrant arrhythmia; Rotating waves

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33750548847     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-006-0022-1     Document Type: Article

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