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. 2007 Sep 14;4:36. doi: 10.1186/1742-4682-4-36

Table 2.

Summary of effect of the number of gj-channels on overall propagation velocity (θov) in single chains of cells

A. 100 cells
No. of gj-channels θov Firing order End-effect

(cm/s) (Rating) (cells affected)

0 *95.5 C 10 – 100
1 #92.0 C 20 – 100
10 102 B 50 – 100
30 117 A- 90 – 100
50 120 A 90 – 100
70 139 A 90 – 100
100 169 A 90 – 100
1000 833 A 90 – 100

B. 50 cells

0 46.0 B 30 – 50
1 46.3 A- Bunching
10 51.4 A Yes (slight)
100 188 A Yes

D. 20 cells

0 18.5 C No
1 23.1 A- Bunching
10 53.6 A Yes (slight)

E. 10 cells

0 10.6 A- 9 – 10
1 19.2 A 9 – 10 (sl)

* θov was 91.5 cm/s when Rjc was lowered to 5 MΩ (from std. of 50 MΩ)

# θov was slightly slowed by inserting one gj-channel