Figure 2
From: Community effect of cardiomyocytes in beating rhythms is determined by stable cells
The mean beating rate and beating fluctuation after synchronisation. Numerical simulations for the 14 pairs of caridiomyocytes (28 cardiomyocytes) before synchronisation in the experiments reported previously29 were performed using our integrate-and -fire model. Experimental values (circles) and theoretical values (filled circles) are plotted for (a) the mean beating rate and (b) beating fluctuation (CV%). For all numerical simulations, we used the same parameter values τ = 0 and μ = 6.5. The fluctuation in beating rhythm is expressed by the CV. Mean beating rate and fluctuation for the 14 pairs after synchronisation are also shown in the Supplementary Information (Supplementary Table S2).
