A model for Ca2+ waves in networks of glial cells incorporating both intercellular and extracellular communication pathways

2009/12/12 by James R. Edwards, James Edwards, William G. Gibson +1 · 41 citations
Engineering · Neuroscience · #Adenosine triphosphate #Astrocyte #Biochemistry #Biology #Biophysics #Cell biology #Central nervous system #Coupling (piping) #Extracellular #Gap junction #Inositol #Inositol trisphosphate #Intracellular #Materials science #Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks #Neuroscience #Neuroscience and Neural Engineering #Photoreceptor and optogenetics research #Receptor

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.12.002

published in Journal of Theoretical Biology 263(1), 45-58 (Elsevier BV)

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