Integrative systems models of cardiac excitation-contraction coupling

Circulation Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-84

  Greenstein, Joseph L ^a   Winslow, Raimond L ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ induced Ca2+ release; Cardiac myocyte; Computational modeling; Excitation contraction coupling; Multiscale modeling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR;

CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COMPUTER MODEL; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; HEART; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 79251626458     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.110.223578     Document Type: Review

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