Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine

1 Theoretical Approaches in Physiology.- 2 Introduction to Dynamics in Nonlinear Difference and Differential Equations.- 3 Bifurcations Involving Fixed Points and Limit Cycles in Biological Systems.- 4 Dynamics of Excitable Cells.- 5 Resetting and Entraining Biological Rhythms.- 6 Effects of Noise on Nonlinear Dynamics.- 7 Reentry in Excitable Media.- 8 Cell Replication and Control.- 9 Pupil Light Reflex: Delays and Oscillations.- 10 Data Analysis and Mathematical Modeling of Human Tremor.- A An Introduction to XPP.- Michael C. Mackey.- A.1 ODE Files.- A.2 Starting and Quitting XPP.- A.3 Time Series.- A.4 Numerics.- A.5 Graphic Tricks.- A.5.1 Axis.- A.5.2 Multiplotting.- A.5.3 Erasing.- A.5.4 Printing the Figures.- A.6 Examining the Numbers.- A.7 Changing the Initial Condition.- A.8 Finding the Fixed Points and Their Stability.- A.9 Drawing Nullclines and Direction Field.- A.10 Changing the Parameters.- A.11 Auto.- A.11.1 Bifurcation Diagram.- A.11.2 Scrolling Through the Points on theBifurcation Diagram.- A.12 Saving Auto Diagrams.- B An Introduction to Matlab.- Michèle S. Titcombe and Caroline Haurie.- R.1 Starting and Quitting Matlab.- B.2 Vectors and Matrices.- B 2 1 Creating Matrices and Vectors.- .B.3 Suppressing Output to the Screen (the Semicolon!).- B.4 Operations on Matrices.- B.5 Programs (M-Files).- B.5.1 Script Files.- B.5.2 Function Files.- B.6 The Help Command.- B.7 Loops.- B.8 Plotting.- B.8.1 Examples.- B.8.2 Clearing Figures and Opening New Figures.- B.8.3 Symbols and Colors for Lines and Points.- B.9 Loading Data.- B.9.1 Examples.- B.10 Saving Your Work.- C Time Series Analysis.- Roderick Edwards and Michèle S. Titcombe.- C.1 The Distribution of Data Points.- C.2 Linear Processes.- C.3 Fourier Analysis.