Explicit series solution for a glucose-induced electrical activity model of pancreatic beta-cells

Duarte, Jorge; Januário, Cristina; Martins, Nuno

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Authors

Duarte, Jorge

Januário, Cristina

Martins, Nuno

Abstract(s)

In this work, we present the explicit series solution of a specific mathematical model from the literature, the Deng bursting model, that mimics the glucose-induced electrical activity of pancreatic beta-cells (Deng, 1993). To serve to this purpose, we use a technique developed to find analytic approximate solutions for strongly nonlinear problems. This analytical algorithm involves an auxiliary parameter which provides us with an efficient way to ensure the rapid and accurate convergence to the exact solution of the bursting model. By using the homotopy solution, we investigate the dynamical effect of a biologically meaningful bifurcation parameter rho, which increases with the glucose concentration. Our analytical results are found to be in excellent agreement with the numerical ones. This work provides an illustration of how our understanding of biophysically motivated models can be directly enhanced by the application of a newly analytic method.

Keywords

HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS METHOD OSCILLATIONS

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/5979

Citation

DUARTE, JORGE; JANUÁRIO, CRISTINA; MARTINS, NUNO - Explicit series solution for a glucose-induced electrical activity model of pancreatic beta-cells. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. ISSN.0960-0779. Vol. 76 (2015), pp. 1-9.