Python-based geometry preparation and simulation visualization toolkits for STEPS

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Weiliang ^a   De Schutter, Erik ^a  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geometry preparation; Python; Simulation visualization; STEPS; Stochastic reaction diffusion simulation; Stochastic simulation algorithm; Tetrahedral mesh

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; INOSITOL 1, 4, 5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER MODEL; CYTOSOL; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIFFUSION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GEOMETRY; PYTHON BASED GEOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; STEPS SIMULATION;

EID: 84898459848     PISSN: 16625196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2014.00037     Document Type: Article

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