Computational tools to investigate genetic cardiac channelopathies

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 DEC, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Abriel, Hugues ^a   de Lange, Enno ^b   Kucera, Jan P ^a   Loussouarn, Gildas ^c,d   Tarek, Mounir ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c L INSTITUT DU THORAX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Channelopathies; Computer models; Ion channels; Molecular dynamics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

ARTICLE; CARDIAC CHANNELOPATHY; COMPUTER MODEL; GENE MUTATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONOGENIC DISORDER; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84891721632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00390     Document Type: Article

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