Intercellular coupling mediated by potassium accumulation in peg-and-socket junctions

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1576-1583

  Vigmond, Edward J ^a   Bardakjian, Berj L ^a   Thuneberg, Lars ^a   Huizinga, Jan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Coupling; Morphology; Peg and socket junctions; Potassium accumulation; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; DIFFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POTASSIUM;

EID: 0033634920     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.887938     Document Type: Article

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