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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 105, Issue 17, Pages 6463-6468Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801089105
Keywords
3D model of electrophysiology; ephaptic coupling; gap junction
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL064757, R01 HL082727, HL64757, R01 HL064757-09] Funding Source: Medline
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We study cardiac action potential propagation under severe reduction in gap junction conductance. We use a mathematical model of cellular electrical activity that takes into account both three-dimensional geometry and ionic concentration effects. Certain anatomical and biophysical parameters are varied to see their impact on cardiac action potential conduction velocity. This study uncovers quantitative features of ephaptic propagation that differ from previous studies based on one-dimensional models. We also identify a mode of cardiac action potential propagation in which the ephaptic and gap-junction-mediated mechanisms alternate. Our study demonstrates the usefulness of this modeling approach for electrophysiological systems especially when detailed membrane geometry plays an important role.
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