3 papers
nlin.PS2025
Six decades of the FitzHugh-Nagumo model: A guide through its spatio-temporal dynamics and influence across disciplines
Daniel Cebrián-Lacasa, Pedro Parra-Rivas, Daniel Ruiz-Reynés +1
The FitzHugh-Nagumo equation, originally conceived in neuroscience during the 1960s, became a key model providing a simplified view of excitable neuron cell behavior. Its applicabi…
nlin.PS2024
Spiral waves speed up cell cycle oscillations in the frog cytoplasm
Daniel Cebrián-Lacasa, Liliana Piñeros, Arno Vanderbeke +5
Spiral waves are a well-known phenomenon in excitable media, playing critical roles in biological systems such as cardiac tissues, where they are involved in arrhythmias, and in sl…
nlin.AO2024
Dynein-driven self-organization of microtubules: An entropy- and network-based analysis
Nikita Frolov, Bram Bijnens, Daniel Ruiz-Reynés +1
Microtubules self-organize to form part of the cellular cytoskeleton. They give cells their shape and play a crucial role in cell division and intracellular transport. Strikingly,…