Table 1. Parameters of the Ca²⁺ wave model.

Parameter	Value	Source
DCa (μm2 ms−1)	0.30	Albritton et al. (1992)
DCa:dye (μm2 ms−1)	0.02	Harkins et al. (1993)
Ddye (μm2 ms1)	0.02	Harkins et al. (1993)
VSR (μM s−1)	208	Smith et al. (1998),Smith et al. (1998)
KSR (nM)	120	Tang & Othmer (1994)
kb,on (nM−1 ms−1)	10−4	Sipido & Wier (1991)
kb,off (ms−1)	4 × 10−2	Sipido & Wier (1991)
kdye,on (nM−1 ms−1)	2.4 × 10−4	Escobar et al. (1995)
kdye,off (ms−1)	1.8 × 10−2	Escobar et al. (1995)
[B]0 (nM)	1.20 × 105	Fabiato (1983),Fabiato (1992)
[Ca2+]SR (mM)	5	Chen et al. (1996)

Definitions are given in the text.