Journal article
Intercellular coupling mediated by potassium accumulation in peg-and-socket junctions
Abstract
Coupling of smooth muscle cells is important for coordination of gastrointestinal motility. Small structures called peg-and-socket junctions (PSJs) have been found between muscle cells and may play a role in electrical coupling due to extracellular potassium accumulation in the narrow cleft between the muscle cells. A model was developed in which an electrical boundary element model of the cell morphology is used in conjunction with a finite …
Authors
Vigmond EJ; Bardakjian BL; Thuneberg L; Huizinga JD
Journal
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 47, No. 12, pp. 1576–1583
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Publication Date
2000
DOI
10.1109/10.887938
ISSN
0018-9294