A methodology for simulating biological systems using Microsoft Excel

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-190

  M Brown, Angus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hodgkin Huxley; Ion channel; Microsoft Excel; Modeling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPREADSHEETS;

HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE EXCEL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 0033082284     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(98)00077-7     Document Type: Article

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