Unifying principles of calcium wave propagation: insights from a three-dimensional model for atrial myocytes

Atrial myocytes in a number of species lack transverse tubules. As a consequence the intracellular calcium signals occurring during each heartbeat exhibit complex spatio-temporal dynamics. These calcium patterns arise from saltatory calcium waves that propagate via successive rounds of diffusion and...

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Main Authors: Thul, Ruediger, Rietdorf, K., Bootman, Martin D., Coombes, Stephen
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33406/