Minimal Model for Intracellular Calcium Oscillations and Electrical Bursting in Melanotrope Cells of Xenopus Laevis

摘要

A minimal model is presented to explain changes in frequency, shape, and amplitude of Ca~2+ oscillations in the neuroendocrine melanotrope cell of Xenopus Laevis. It describes the cell as a plasma membrane oscillator with Influx of extracellular Ca~2+ via voltage-gated Ca~2+ channels in the plasma Membrane.