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Mechanical Stimulation-induced Calcium Wave Propagation in Cell Monolayers: The Example of Bovine Corneal Endothelial Cells
Published on: July 16, 2013
[Propagation of autowaves in capillaries thick with moving viscous excitable medium]
Abstract:
We consider the propagation of autowaves in the moving liquid excitable medium. The shapes of the autowave fronts in cases of the Poiseuille and Couette flows are determined in flat capillaries within a kinematic approach. We show the existence of a critical velocity for the flows above which the autowave fronts should break off. The possibility of a diode effect--the one-way capillary conductivity--is studied. The results of computer simulations are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions.
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