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Computing Characterizations of Drugs for Ion Channels and Receptors Using Markov Models

  • Offers an accessible introduction to an important theory in a field of
  • growing relevance
  • Includes complete
  • details of models and methods, enabling the reader to implement and study the
  • models under consideration
  • Pursues a systematic approach to studying stochastic release mechanisms where the gating is governed by a Markov model
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering (LNCSE, volume 111)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Background: Problem and Methods

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 1-22Open Access
  3. One-Dimensional Calcium Release

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 23-54Open Access
  4. Models of Open and Closed State Blockers

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 55-69Open Access
  5. Properties of Probability Density Functions

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 71-90Open Access
  6. Two-Dimensional Calcium Release

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 91-107Open Access
  7. Computing Theoretical Drugs in the Two-Dimensional Case

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 109-118Open Access
  8. Generalized Systems Governing Probability Density Functions

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 119-123Open Access
  9. Calcium-Induced Calcium Release

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 125-142Open Access
  10. Numerical Drugs for Calcium-Induced Calcium Release

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 143-152Open Access
  11. A Prototypical Model of an Ion Channel

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 153-164Open Access
  12. Inactivated Ion Channels: Extending the Prototype Model

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 165-175Open Access
  13. A Simple Model of the Sodium Channel

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 177-191Open Access
  14. Mutations Affecting the Mean Open Time

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 193-221Open Access
  15. The Burst Mode of the Mutant Sodium Channel

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 223-236Open Access
  16. Action Potentials: Summing Up the Effect of Loads of Ion Channels

    • Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines
    Pages 237-255Open Access
  17. Back Matter

    Pages 257-270

About this book

Flow of ions through voltage gated channels can be represented theoretically using stochastic differential equations where the gating mechanism is represented by a Markov model. The flow through a channel can be manipulated using various drugs, and the effect of a given drug can be reflected by changing the Markov model. These lecture notes provide an accessible introduction to the mathematical methods needed to deal with these models. They emphasize the use of numerical methods and provide sufficient details for the reader to implement the models and thereby study the effect of various drugs.  Examples in the text include stochastic calcium release from internal storage systems in cells, as well as stochastic models of the transmembrane potential. Well known Markov models are studied and a systematic approach to including the effect of mutations is presented. Lastly, the book shows how to derive the optimal properties of a theoretical model of a drug for a given mutation defined in terms of a Markov model.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Center for Biomedical Computing, Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway

    Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines

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