Insulin release at the molecular level: Metabolic-electrophysiological modeling of the pancreatic beta-cells

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 611-623

  Giugliano, Michèle ^a   Bove, Marco ^a   Grattarola, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta cell; Computer simulations; Insulin release; Ion channels; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL FUNCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIABETOGENESIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXOCYTOSIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034025626     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.841333     Document Type: Article

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