Effective Boundary Conditions for Syncytial Tissues

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 143-150

  Krassowska, Wanda ^a   Neu, John C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTOR; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MODEL; REVIEW; SYNCYTIUM;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GIANT CELLS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028334466     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.284925     Document Type: Article

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