Abstract
The dynamics of cardiomyocyte spontaneous beatings with fractal dimension calculation was studied. It was shown that isolated single cardiomyocyte beats stochastically, but when a number of cells synchronized a significant changes in the dynamics appear: deterministic chaos could be detected. Several reasons are discussed as a possible explanation of such a behavior: the effect of system volume increasing and specific influence of gap-junctions on the rhythm formation.
Translated title of the contribution | Dynamics of spontaneous beating of cardiomyocytes in vitro depend on the number of involved cells |
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Original language | Russian |
Pages (from-to) | 343-347 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Biofizika |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 1998 |
Externally published | Yes |