A mathematical model describing the thyroid-pituitary axis with time delays in hormone transportation

Applications of Mathematics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 549-564

  Mukhopadhyay, Banibrata ^a   Bhattacharyya, Rakhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

asymptotic stability; catatonic schizophrenia; discrete time delay; distributed time delay; feedback mechanism; hormone therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867928347     PISSN: 08627940     EISSN: 15729109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10492-006-0020-z     Document Type: Article

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