Papers Published

1. V. Jacquemet and C. S. Henriquez, Modulation of Conduction Velocity by Nonmyocytes in the Low Coupling Regime, Ieee Transactions On Biomedical Engineering, vol. 56 no. 3 (March, 2009), pp. 893 -- 896 .
   (last updated on 2009/09/02)

   Abstract:
   This paper explores the conditions under which nonmyocytes, when electrically coupled to myocytes, act as a passive load during the depolarization phase. Using theoretical arguments and numerical simulations in a tissue incorporating fibroblasts, the passive load approximation is shown to be accurate at low coupling conductances ($<$2 nS). In this case, the effect on conduction velocity can be expressed as a function of the elevation in resting potential and the coupling only.