Travelling waves in a neural field model with refractoriness

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1249-1268

  Meijer, Hil G E ^a   Coombes, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delay differential equations; Neural field models; Refractoriness; Travelling waves

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AXONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

EID: 84897586114     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-013-0670-x     Document Type: Article

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