Simulations of the cardiac action potential based on the Hodgkin-Huxley kinetics with the use of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-22

  Wu, Sheng Nan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac action potential; Excel; Mathematical model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; ION TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; OSCILLATION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SODIUM CURRENT; TIME;

EID: 1642567256     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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