Bifurcation structure of rotating wave solutions of the Fitzhugh-Nagumo equations

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3282-3291

  Alford, John G ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation nonlinear dynamics; Biological complexity; Excitable media; Rotating waves

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

BIFURCATION NONLINEAR DYNAMIC; BIFURCATION STRUCTURES; BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; CELL BEHAVIOURS; EXCITABLE MEDIA; FITZHUGH-NAGUMO EQUATIONS; MODELING EQUATIONS; ROTATING WAVES; TRAVELING WAVE SOLUTION; WAVE SOLUTION;

NEURONS;

EID: 60849105942     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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