Remodelling of cellular excitation (reaction) and intercellular coupling (diffusion) by chronic atrial fibrillation represented by a reaction-diffusion system

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 238, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 976-983

  Zhang, Henggui ^a   Garratt, Clifford J ^b   Kharche, Sanjay ^a   Holden, Arun V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical remodelling; Gap junctional remodelling; Human atrial fibrillation; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; DISEASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; REACTION KINETICS;

DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOURS; ELECTRICAL REMODELLING; GAP JUNCTIONAL REMODELLING; HUMAN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; INTERCELLULAR COUPLINGS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; RATE-DEPENDENT EFFECTS; REACTION DIFFUSION SYSTEMS;

TISSUE;

EID: 67349161491     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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