Model of bidirectional interaction between myocardial pacemakers based on the phase response curve
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Abstract:
As a basis for the study of sinus rhythm determination, a model is proposed of bidirectionally-coupled oscillators as a system of difference equations based on the phase response curve of sinoatrial pacemaker cells. Solutions corresponding to the one-to-one synchronization of the two pacemakers are obtained, and the relation among those solutions is examined: It is revealed that two different solutions with different cycle length coexist, and the synchronized frequency can be higher or lower than the original intrinsic frequencies of the two pacemaker cells. The experimental results of the cultured cells of cardiac pacemakers are interpreted by the analytical result of the model.
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