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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: Math Biosci. 1994 Mar;120(1):25–76. doi: 10.1016/0025-5564(94)90037-x

TABLE 6.

The Relationship Between Dimensional and Dimensionless Variables

Species Dimensional form Dimensionless form
Stimulus pathway HRS y1 u1 = y1/[Rs]T
HRSGS y2 v1=k2+k3k2[Rs]T[Gs]Ty2
Gs y3 u2 = y3/[Gs]T
GsAC y4 u3 = y4/[UC]T
αsGDP y5 v2 = (k6/k5)y5
Inhibitory pathway HRi y6 u4 = y6/[Ri]T
HRiGi y7 ν3=h2+h3h2[Ri]T[Gi]Ty7
Gi y8 u5 = y8/[Gi]T
HRsGi y9 u5 = y8/[Gi]T
αiGDP y10 v4 = (h7/h5)y10
cAMP generation and secretion GsACATP y11 v5=l1+l2l1[UC]Ty11
cAMPi y12 u7 = y12/[iPDE]T
iPDE-cAMPi y13 v6=(l3+l4)y13/l3[iPDE]T2
cAMPo* y14* u8*=y14*/[iPDE]T
Time scale t τ = k5t