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This is the readme.txt for the model associated with the paper
Wang J, Si W, Che Y, Fei X. Spike trains in Hodgkin-Huxley model and
-ISIs of acupuncture manipulations. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 2008;
+ISIs of acupuncture manipulations. *Chaos, Solitons & Fractals* 2008;
36:890-900
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-Abstract:
+## Abstract:
The Hodgkin-Huxley equations (HH) are parameterized by a number of
parameters and shows a variety of qualitatively different behaviors
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three different acupuncture manipulations in Zusanli point and present
an effective way to distinguish them.
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+## To run the models:
-To run the models:
-XPP: start with the command
-xppaut HH-ext.ode
-This simulation will make graph similar to Figure 3 in the paper of
-Wang et al. Measurement of ISI can also be made under xpp.
+**XPP:** start with the command
+`xppaut HH-ext.ode`
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+This simulation will make graph similar to Figure 3 in the paper of
+Wang et al. Measurement of ISI can also be made under xpp.
-Bard Ermentrout's website http://www.pitt.edu/~phase/
+Bard Ermentrout's website [http://www.pitt.edu/~phase/](http://www.pitt.edu/~phase/)
describes how to get and use xpp.
These model files were submitted by:
-Sheng-Nan Wu and Yung-Hun Wu
-Cardiac Electrophysiology and Systems-biology Center
-National Cheng Kung University Medical Center
-Tainan 70101, Taiwan
+Sheng-Nan Wu and Yung-Hun Wu
+Cardiac Electrophysiology and Systems-biology Center
+National Cheng Kung University Medical Center
+Tainan 70101, Taiwan
snwu@mail.ncku.edu.tw
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+2025-06-02: Standardized to Markdown.