| Literature DB >> 14754247 |
K H W J ten Tusscher1, A V Panfilov.
Abstract
We study spiral wave dynamics in the presence of nonexcitable cells in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) excitable media, described by the Aliev-Panfilov model. We find that increasing the percentage of randomly distributed nonexcitable cells can prevent the breaking up of a spiral wave into a complex spatiotemporal pattern. We show that this effect is more pronounced in 2D than 3D excitable media. We explain the observed 2D vs 3D differences by a different dependence of the period and diastolic interval of the spiral wave on the percentage of nonexcitable cells in 2D and 3D excitable media.Mesh:
Year: 2003 PMID: 14754247 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.062902
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ISSN: 1539-3755