Modern perspectives on numerical modeling of cardiac pacemaker cell

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-38

  Maltsev, Victor A ^a   Yaniv, Yael ^a   Maltsev, Anna V ^b   Stern, Michael D ^a   Lakatta, Edward G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cardiac pacemaker; Ion channel; Numerical modeling; Sinoatrial node cell

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ION CHANNEL; IVABRADINE; SODIUM;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRADYCARDIA; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CELL ENERGY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL PARAMETERS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME KINETICS; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PACEMAKER; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINOATRIAL CELL; SINUS NODE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYCLIC AMP; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEINS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 84902154087     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.13R04CR     Document Type: Review

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