Effects of stochastic channel gating and distribution on the cardiac action potential

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-96

  Lemay, Mathieu ^a   de Lange, Enno ^a   Kucera, Jan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Cardiac conduction; Gap junction; Ion channel; Markov model

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GAP JUNCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SODIUM CURRENT; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955913681     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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