Biological cells with gap junctions in low-frequency electric fields

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 856-866

  Fear, Elise C ^a   Stuchly, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electric fields; Finite element; Gap junctions; Low frequency; Modeling; Transmembrane potential (TMP)

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIALS (TMP);

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; GAP JUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032126621     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.686793     Document Type: Article

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