Simulations of postvagal tachycardia at the single cell pacemaker level: A new hypothesis

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 769-782

  Dokos, Socrates ^a   Celler, Branko G ^a   Lovell, Nigel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Chronotropic response; Desensitization; Mathematical model; Muscarinic K+ current; SA Node; Vagal control

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TISSUE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHRONOTROPIC RESPONSE; DESENSITIZATION; ETIOLOGY; POSTVAGAL TACHYCARDIA; VAGAL CONTROL;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; SIMULATION; SINUS NODE; TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; KINETICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; POTASSIUM; RABBITS; SINOATRIAL NODE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031238734     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02684161     Document Type: Article

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