A study of wave propagation in the FitzHugh Nagumo system

An excitable medium has two key properties: a sufficiently large stimulus provokes an even bigger response (excitability), and immediately following a stimulus the medium cannot be excited (refractoriness). A large class of biological systems from cardiac tissue to slime mold are examples of excita...

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Main Author: Paton, Kelly Marie
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/39955