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From: Gap-junction channels inhibit transverse propagation in cardiac muscle

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The 5 × 5 model for cardiac muscle, consisting of 5 parallel strands (A-E) of 5 cells each (1–5) (total of 25 cells). Each muscle cell was represented by a block of 4 basic units: 2 units representing the surface membrane (one upward-facing and one downward-facing) and one unit for each of the two junctional membranes. For simplicity, the lumped resistance of the gap-junctions is not indicated here, but is shown in Fig. 2. Transverse propagation is sequential activation of chains A to B to C to D to E.

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