A simple numerical model of calcium spark formation and detection in cardiac myocytes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-32

  Smith, Gregory D ^a   Keizer, Joel E ^b   Stern, Michael D ^c   Lederer, W Jonathan ^d   Cheng, Heping ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); CALCIUM ION; FLUORESCENT DYE; INDICATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DIFFUSION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SARCOMERE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 0031836773     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77491-0     Document Type: Article

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