A model of a myelinated nerve axon: threshold behaviour and propagation

DOI10.1007/BF00276561zbMath0579.92004WikidataQ52679074 ScholiaQ52679074MaRDI QIDQ1068012

Sleeman, Brian D., Peter Grindrod

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

global stability; behaviour; threshold; wave fronts; transmembrane potential; FitzHugh-Nagumo dynamics; myelinated nerve axons; nodes of Ranvier; periodic steady state solution; propagation of a superthreshold solution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35B40: Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs

35B35: Stability in context of PDEs

35B05: Oscillation, zeros of solutions, mean value theorems, etc. in context of PDEs

92Cxx: Physiological, cellular and medical topics

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