A quantitative description of active force generation in gastrointestinal smooth muscle

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 450-460

  Gajendiran, Viveka ^a   Buist, Martin L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Calmodulin; Electro mechanical coupling; Mathematical model; Myosin light chain kinase; Phasic contraction; Smooth muscle mechanics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FORCE GENERATION; ACTIVE FORCES; CROSS-BRIDGE; DYNAMIC CHANGES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INPUT SIGNAL; INTRACELLULAR CA; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PHASIC CONTRACTION; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; SMOOTH MUSCLE MECHANICS; SMOOTH MUSCLES;

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; ENZYMES; MECHANICS; MECHANISMS; MUSCLE; PHOSPHORYLATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 79951848764     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1419     Document Type: Article

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