On the stability of a model of testosterone dynamics

7 October 2004

journal article
research article
Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Mathematical Biology

Vol. 49 (6) , 627-634
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-004-0291-5

Abstract

We prove the global asymptotic stability of a well-known delayed negative-feedback model of testosterone dynamics, which has been proposed as a model of oscillatory behavior. We establish stability (and hence the impossibility of oscillations) even in the presence of delays of arbitrary length.

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