Parallel stochastic simulation of macroscopic calcium currents

Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 755-772

  González Vélez, Virginia ^a   González Vélez, Horacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithmic skeleton; Calcium channels; Computational cell biology; Markov model; Parameter sweep

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 34547917606     PISSN: 02197200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219720007002679     Document Type: Article

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