Biological excitable media based on non-excitable cells and calcium signaling

Nano Communication Networks

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-49

  Nakano, Tadashi ^a   Shuai, Jianwei ^b   Koujin, Takako ^c   Suda, Tatsuya ^d   Hiraoka, Yasushi ^c,e   Haraguchi, Tokuko ^c,e  

^a Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers   (Japan)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Irvine   (United States)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological computing and communication; Biological excitable media; Calcium signaling; Non excitable cells

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL COMPUTING; BIOLOGICAL COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXCITABLE MEDIA; NON-EXCITABLE CELLS;

CALCIUM; CYTOLOGY; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNALING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CELLS;

EID: 77953262033     PISSN: 18787789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nancom.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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