Extracellular space attenuates the effect of gap junctional remodeling on wave propagation: A computational study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3092-3101

  Cabo, Candido ^a,b   Boyden, Penelope A ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; ION CHANNEL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; COMPUTER MODEL; DOG; EPICARDIUM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE REPAIR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL JUNCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNEXIN 43; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 67649392813     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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