Can a microscopic stochastic model explain the emergence of pain cycles in patients?

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Di Patti, Francesca ^a,b   Fanelli, Duccio ^a,b,c  

^a Centro Interdipartimentale per Lo Studio Delle Dinamiche Complesse   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical kinetics; Population dynamics (theory); Stochastic processes (theory)

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449166442     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2009/01/P01004     Document Type: Article

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