Repolarization of the action potential enabled by Na+ channel deactivation in PSpice simulation of cardiac muscle propagation

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ramasamy, Lakshminarayanan ^a   Sperelakis, Nicholas ^b  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; ROBOTICS; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; ACTION POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MYOCARDIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 30744432661     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-2-48     Document Type: Article

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