Boundary-element calculations for amplification of effects of low-frequency electric fields in a doublet-shaped biological cell

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-113

  Sekine, Katsuhisa ^a   Takeda, Takuya ^a   Nagaomo, Kaori ^a   Matsushima, Eri ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dielectric relaxation; Electric field; Maxwell stress tensor; Simulation; Transmembrane potential

Indexed keywords

AC FIELD; BIOLOGICAL CELLS; CELL MODEL; CHARACTERISTIC FREQUENCIES; ELEMENT METHOD; EXTERNAL FIELDS; FORCE DENSITY; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; LONG AXIS; LOW FREQUENCY; MAXWELL STRESS TENSORS; NORMAL STRESS; POLARIZATION FACTOR; SIMULATION; SPHERICAL MODELS; TIME-AVERAGED; TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIALS;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SAILING VESSELS; SPHERES; TENSORS;

AMPLIFICATION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL; CELL DIVISION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MODEL; POLARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 74449091848     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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