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Spatial trigger waves: positive feedback gets you a long way

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Trigger waves are a recurring biological phenomenon involved in transmitting information quickly and reliably over large distances. Well-characterized examples include action potentials propagating along the axon of a neuron, calcium waves in various tissues, and mitotic waves in Xenopus eggs. Here we use the FitzHugh-Nagumo model, a simple model inspired by the action potential that is widely used in physics and theoretical biology, to examine different types of trigger waves-spatial switches, pulses, and oscillations-and to show how they arise.
Tijdschrift: Mol Cell Biol.
ISSN: 0270-7306
Issue: 22
Volume: 25
Pagina's: 3486-3493
Trefwoorden:trigger waves, positive feedback, action potential, Fitzhugh-Nagumo, calcium waves, mitotic waves
  • Scopus Id: 84908566927