Calcium alternans in cardiac myocytes: Order from disorder

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-109

  Qu, Zhilin ^a   Nivala, Michael ^a   Weiss, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium spark; Macroscopic alternans; Microscopic alternans; Randomness; Recruitment; Refractoriness

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CYCLING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOSOL RECEPTOR; NCX PROTEIN; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SERCA2A PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALCIUM ALTERNANS; CALCIUM CYCLING SYSTEM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE MODEL; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 84876337822     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: 10958584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2012.10.007     Document Type: Review

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