Monte Carlo Simulation of the Permeability of Calcium Channels Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields

Author

Zhang Yuhong ; Zhan Yong ; Zhao Tongjun ; Han Yingrong ; Liu Hui

Author_Institution

Sch. of Sci., Hebei Univ. of Technol., Tianjin

fYear

2007

fDate

6-8 July 2007

Firstpage

767

Lastpage

769

Abstract

In this paper, a new approach is proposed to model permeation of calcium channels activation by applied magnetic fields. The curves of average velocity and displacement of calcium ions in the channels exposed to ELF magnetic fields are obtained, and they are higher than the controls. The relative numbers of calcium ions in ELF magnetic field stimulated channels is no different from that of controls. The increased number of opened calcium channel may be the reason of increased intracellular calcium concentration.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; biological effects of ionising particles; calcium; cellular biophysics; medical computing; Monte Carlo simulation; biological effects; calcium channels; electromagnetic field exposure; extremely-low- frequency magnetic fields; intracellular calcium concentration; permeability; Biological system modeling; Biomembranes; Calcium; Electromagnetic fields; Geophysical measurement techniques; Ground penetrating radar; Magnetic fields; Magnetic resonance; Permeability; Plasmas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2007. ICBBE 2007. The 1st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1120-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2007.200

Filename

4272684