Spatial trigger waves: positive feedback gets you a long way

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gelens, Lendert, Anderson, Graham A., Ferrell, James E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The American Society for Cell Biology 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4230609/