Research Article

Multiscale Modeling Indicates That Temperature Dependent [Ca2+]i Spiking in Astrocytes Is Quantitatively Consistent with Modulated SERCA Activity

Table 2

Physiologic parameters of the in silico cell used for the rate equation simulations.

Additional flux definitions of the full rate equation model

Sodium-Ca2+ exchanger mediated flux
Mitochondrial unitransporter mediated flux
Effective mitochondrial flux
Leak flux through ER membrane
Influx from external space
PMCA mediated flux

Parameter values for the rate equation calcium model

= 0.03 ms−1 = 0.5 μM = 0.9 μM = 1.3 μM
= 0.2 μM = 0.06 μM ms−1 = 10 μM ms−1 = 0.6 μM
= 1 μM = 10 μM = 0.2 μM ms−1 = 1 μM
=  ms−1 =  ms−1 =  ms−1 = 0.01 μM ms−1
= 0.7 μM = 0.4 μM = 0.5
= μM ms−1