Computational modeling and numerical methods for spatiotemporal calcium cycling in ventricular myocytes

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 MAY, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nivala, Michael ^a   de Lange, Enno ^a   Rovetti, Robert ^b   Qu, Zhilin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium cycling; Graphical processing unit computing; Mathematical modeling; Ventricular myocyte

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861894595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00114     Document Type: Article

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