Modeling assemblies of biological cells exposed to electric fields

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1259-1271

  Fear, E C ^a   Stuchly, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electric fields; Finite element; Gap junctions; Low frequency; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOTCH FILTERS;

GAP JUNCTIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAP JUNCTION;

EID: 0032190459     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.720204     Document Type: Article

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