Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4964818 | Computers in Biology and Medicine | 2017 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
MarkoLAB provides an original way of visualizing the stochastic behavior of a channel. It clarifies concepts, such as recovery from inactivation, calcium- versus voltage-dependent inactivation, and tail currents. It is not restricted to ionic channels only but it can be extended to other transporters, such as exchangers and pumps. This program is intended as a didactical tool to illustrate the dynamical behavior of a channel. It has been implemented in two platforms MATLAB® and LabVIEW® to enhance the target users of this new didactical tool. The computational cost of implementing a stochastic simulation is within the range of a personal computer performance; making MarkoLAB suitable to be run during a lecture or presentation.
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Authors
Robson Rodrigues da Silva, Daniel Gustavo Goroso, Donald M. Bers, José Luis Puglisi,