A model of the action potential and underlying membrane currents in a rabbit atrial cell

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 4 40-4, 1996, Pages

  Lindblad, D S ^a   Murphey, C R ^c   Clark, J W ^b   Giles, W R ^c  

^a W M Keck Ctr for Compl Biology   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

atrial myocyte; Hodgkin Huxley model; voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029913497     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.4.h1666     Document Type: Article

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