Additional
references for the Calcium Homeostasis problem:
Jafri,
Rice, and Winslow. 1998. Cardiac Ca2+ Dynamics:The
Roles of Ryanodine Receptor Adaptation and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Load. Biophysical Journal. Volume 74. 1149-1168.
Full
text This is a very detailed model. Try to extract
a simplified Ca2+ model from this one; but don't
be daunted by the long lists of equations!
Calcium homeostasis --
Shannon, Ginsburg and Bers. 2002. Quantitative Assessment of
the SR Ca2+ Leak-Load Relationship. Circulation
Research. Vol. 91. 594-600. PDF
A review of alternans --
David E. Euler. 1999. Cardiac alternans: mechanisms and pathophysiological
significance. Cardiovascular Research.
Vol. 42. 583-590.
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text
More on alternans --
Burkert Pieske, Jens Kockskaemper. 2002. Editorial: Alternans
Goes Subcellular (A "Disease" of the Ryanodine Receptor?). Circulation
Research. Vol. 91. 553-555. PDF
Calcium transient variability --
M.E. Diaz, D.A. Eisner, and S.C. O'Neill. 2002. Depressed Ryanodine
Receptor Activity Increases Variability and Duration of the
Systolic Ca2+ Transient in Rat Ventricular Myocytes.
Circulation Research. Vol. 91.
585-593. PDF
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