Calcium alternans in a couplon network model of ventricular myocytes: Role of sarcoplasmic reticulum load

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-352

  Nivala, Michael ^a   Qu, Zhilin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium cycling; Calcium spark; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE 2A; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM ALTERNANS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BUFFERS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; SODIUM-CALCIUM EXCHANGER; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864534004     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00302.2012     Document Type: Article

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