Pulse propagation in discrete systems of coupled excitable cells

Propagation of pulses in myelinated fibers may be described by appropriate solutions of spatially discrete FitzHugh-Nagumo systems. In these systems, propagation failure may occur if either the coupling between nodes is not strong enough or the recovery is too fast. We give an asymptotic constructio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Carpio Rodríguez, Ana María, Bonilla, Luis L.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/57208
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/57208
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:517.9
519.2
Discrete reaction-diffusion equations
Traveling wave pulses
Propagation failure
Spatially discrete FitzHugh–Nagumo system
Estadística matemática (Matemáticas)
Ecuaciones diferenciales
1209 Estadística
1202.07 Ecuaciones en Diferencias
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Sumario:Propagation of pulses in myelinated fibers may be described by appropriate solutions of spatially discrete FitzHugh-Nagumo systems. In these systems, propagation failure may occur if either the coupling between nodes is not strong enough or the recovery is too fast. We give an asymptotic construction of pulses for spatially discrete FitzHugh-Nagumo systems, which agrees well with numerical simulations, and discuss the evolution of initial data into pulses and pulse generation at a boundary. Formulas for the speed and length of pulses are also obtained.