Propagated repolarization of simulated action potentials in cardiac muscle and smooth muscle

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sperelakis, Nicholas ^a   Ramasamy, Lakshminarayanan ^b   Kalloor, Bijoy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CELL JUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONAXY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; SIMULATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS; ACTION POTENTIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 15444372737     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-2-5     Document Type: Article

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