Local stability of the nerve impulse

Abstract Some general theory of nerve impulse stability is reviewed and is applied to the Hodgkin-Huxley equations. It is seen that the transition behavior of certain uniformly propagated waves with a velocity close to the velocity of an impulse has important implications with regard to stability. Numerical estimates of some of the principal objects in the stability theory for the Hodgkin-Huxley equations are given.

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