Systematic characterization of the ionic basis of rabbit cellular electrophysiology using two ventricular models

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-73

  Romero, Lucía ^a   Carbonell, Beatriz ^a   Trenor, Beatriz ^a   Rodríguez, Blanca ^b   Saiz, Javier ^a   Ferrero, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Biological variability; Computer simulation; Ionic current; Model validation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; SODIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RISK; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; RISK; SODIUM; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 80053583205     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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