Modeling the Contributions of Ca2+ Flows to Spontaneous Ca2+ Oscillations and Cortical Spreading Depression-Triggered Ca2+ Waves in Astrocyte Networks

Bing Li; Shangbin Chen; Shaoqun Zeng; Qingming Luo; Pengcheng Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048534

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Modeling the Contributions of Ca²⁺ Flows to Spontaneous Ca²⁺ Oscillations and Cortical Spreading Depression-Triggered Ca²⁺ Waves in Astrocyte Networks

Bing Li,

Affiliations Britton Chance Center of Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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Shangbin Chen,

Affiliations Britton Chance Center of Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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Shaoqun Zeng,

Affiliations Britton Chance Center of Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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Qingming Luo,

Affiliations Britton Chance Center of Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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Pengcheng Li

* E-mail: pengchengli@mail.hust.edu.cn

Affiliations Britton Chance Center of Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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Modeling the Contributions of Ca²⁺ Flows to Spontaneous Ca²⁺ Oscillations and Cortical Spreading Depression-Triggered Ca²⁺ Waves in Astrocyte Networks

Bing Li,
Shangbin Chen,
Shaoqun Zeng,
Qingming Luo,
Pengcheng Li

Published: October 31, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048534

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