Computational methods for a mathematical model of propagation of nerve impulses in myelinated axons

DOI10.1016/j.apnum.2014.06.004zbMath1295.65078MaRDI QIDQ2509901

Pedro M. Lima, Neville J. Ford, Patricia M. Lumb

Publication date: 31 July 2014

Published in: Applied Numerical Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10034/322541

zbMATH Keywords

myelinated axon; numerical examples; monotone solution; Newton method; finite-difference method; method of steps; nerve conduction; mixed-type functional differential equation; discrete Fitzhugh-Nagumo equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92C20: Neural biology

65L12: Finite difference and finite volume methods for ordinary differential equations

65L03: Numerical methods for functional-differential equations

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Uses Software

• Mathematica

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