3D mathematical modeling of calcium signaling in Alzheimer ’s disease

AbstractThe present paper focuses on the solution of the three-dimensional calcium advection –diffusion equation in the presence of calcium-binding buffers. As buffers play an important role in maintaining cytosolic calcium concentration level, decrease in buffers leads to increase in cytoplasmic calcium which may further lead to toxicity of Alzheimer’s disease. The governing three-dime nsional differential equation has been further converted into one-dimensional equation using similarity transforms. The solution is obtained analytically using Laplace transforms and suitable boundary conditions. The obtained solution is simulated in MATLAB. The graphs clearly show the impact of buf fers on calcium concentration level for normal and Alzheimeric cells.
Source: Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics - Category: Bioinformatics Source Type: research