Determinants of heterogeneity, excitation and conduction in the sinoatrial node: A model study

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Oren, Ronit V ^a   Clancy, Colleen E ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

ATRIAL CELLS; CELL POPULATIONS; COMPLEXES STRUCTURE; COUPLING STRENGTHS; FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITY; MODELLING STUDIES; NON-UNIFORM MODELING; SINO-ATRIAL NODE CELLS; SINOATRIAL NODE; UNIFORM MODEL;

FIBROBLASTS;

POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CELL DENSITY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FIBROBLAST; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART EXCITATION; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INDUCED MUTATION; MUSCLE CELL; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROCESS MODEL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS NODE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBROBLASTS; HEART ATRIA; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RABBITS; SINOATRIAL NODE; SODIUM CHANNELS; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 78651240683     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001041     Document Type: Article

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