Modeling of the gap junction of pancreatic β-cells and the robustness of insulin secretion

Biophysics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 37-51

  Kitagawa, Tomoki ^a   Murakami, Noriaki ^a   Nagano, Seido ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Pancreatic cells; Robustness; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952817493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13492942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2142/biophysics.6.37     Document Type: Article

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