Modeling our understanding of the His-Purkinje system

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2016, Pages 179-188

  Vigmond, Edward J ^a,b,c   Stuyvers, Bruno D ^a,b,d  

^a Ctr Geriatrie Ctr Hosp Univ B   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Electrophysiology; His Purkinje system; Purkinje fiber

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PURKINJE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PURKINJE FIBERS;

EID: 84953215839     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.12.013     Document Type: Article

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