The transfer functions of cardiac tissue during stochastic pacing

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 294-311

  De Lange, Enno ^a   Kucera, Jan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; METABOLISM; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HEART; HEART RATE; LINEAR MODELS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 58849162330     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.09.025     Document Type: Article

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