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. 2011 Jan 27;7(1):e1001067. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001067

Table 1. Cell geometry and physical parameters.

Parameter Definition Value Value [ref.]
F Faraday constant 96478 C/mol
R Ideal gas constant 8314 mJ/(mol K)
T Temperature 306.15 K
[Na+]o Extracellular Na+ concentration 130 mM
[Ca2+]o Extracellular Ca2+ concentration 1.8 mM
[K+]o Extracellular K+ concentration 5.4 mM
Cm Cell membrane capacitance 0.05 nF 0.0519±0.035 nF [10]
0.041 nF [11]
0.058±0.078 nF [16]
rjunct Radius of the bulk cytosol 6.5 µm 4.6±0.3 µm [74]
7.8 µm [11]
7.4±0.15 µm [70]
lcell Length of the cell 122.051 µm 88±6.1 µm [74]
111.3±6.5 µm [75]
101.1±1.5 µm [70]
Vss Volume of the subspace 4.99232×10−5 nL
Δr Width of bulk cytosol compartments 1.625 µm ∼2 µm [12], [13]