Excitation wave propagation as a possible mechanism for signal transmission in pancreatic islets of Langerhans

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1195-1209

  Aslanidi, Oleg V ^a   Mornev, Oleg A ^b   Skyggebjerg, Ole ^c   Arkhammar, Per ^d   Thastrup, Ole ^d   Sørensen, Mads P ^e   Christiansen, Peter L ^e   Conradsen, Knut ^e   Scott, Alwyn C ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d BioImage AS   (Denmark)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; INSULIN RELEASE; LANGERHANS CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OSCILLATION; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0035112178     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76096-1     Document Type: Article

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