Research Article

Sensitivity of Rabbit Ventricular Action Potential and Ca2+ Dynamics to Small Variations in Membrane Currents and Ion Diffusion Coefficients

Table 1

Maximal conductance varied in the model.

DefinitionSymbolBaseline value

1Maximal Na+ conductance 16 mS/ F
2Background Na+ conductance ( )0.297 10−3 mS/µF
3Maximal rapid delayed rectifier K+ conductance ( )0.07 mS/µF
4Maximal slow delayed rectifier K+ conductance 0.013 mS/µF
5Maximal fast transient outward K+ conductance 0.06 mS/µF
6Maximal slow transient outward K+ conductance ( )0.02 mS/µF
7Maximal inward rectifier K+ conductance 0.9 mS/µF
8Maximal Ca-activated Cl conductance 0.109625 mS/µF
9Background Cl conductance 0.009 mS/µF
10Maximal permeability of L-type Ca2+ channel for Ca2+ ( )5.4 10−4 cm/s
11Maximal permeability of L-type Ca2+ channel for Na+ ( )1.5 10−8 cm/s
12Maximal permeability of L-type Ca2+ channel for K+ ( )2.7 10−7 cm/s
13Background Ca2+ conductance ( )0.0002513 ms/µF
14Maximal Na+-Ca2+ exchange current ( )9 A/F
15Maximal sarcolemmal Ca2+ pump current ( )0.0673 A/F
16Maximal Na+-K+ pump current ( )1.91 A/F
17SR Ca2+ release scaling factor ( )25 ms−1
18Maximal rate of SR Ca2+ uptake (SERCA) ( )5.3 10−3 mM/ms
19Passive SR Ca2+ leak scaling factor ( )5.348 10−6 ms−1

Note: notations in brackets, for example, (…), show corresponding notations of some parameters used in Shannon et al. article [1]. The baseline conductance values used in this study are the same as in [1].