The Effect of Morphological Interdigitation on Field Coupling Between Smooth Muscle Cells

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 162-171

  Vigmond, Edward J ^a   Bardakjian, Berj L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COLON; DISTAL STOMACH; ELECTRIC FIELD COUPLING; ELECTRICAL CONTROL ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR ELECRIC FIELDS; GAP JUNCTIONS; INTERDIGITATION FIELDS; INTERDIGITATION LENGTH; SMALL INTESTINE;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG; ELECTRIC FIELD; INTERDIGITATING CELL; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 0029239548     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.341829     Document Type: Article

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