Progress and gaps in understanding the electrophysiological properties of morphologically normal cells from the cardiac atrioventricular node

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3675-3691

  Hancox, Jules C ^a   Yuill, Kathryn H ^b   Mitcheson, John S ^c   Convery, Mary K ^d  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Cardiac electrophysiology; Ion channel; Ionic current; Isolated myocyte; Single cell; Single cell model; Single cell simulation

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IONIC CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACEMAKERS; TISSUE;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODES (AVN); ION CHANNELS; IONIC CURRENT; ISOLATED MYOCYTES; SINGLE CELL MODELS; SINGLE CELL SIMULATION; SINGLE CELLS;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 1642379366     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021812740300879X     Document Type: Article

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