title: Calcium waves with mechano-chemical couplings.
abstract: As follows from experiments, waves of calcium concentration in biological tissues can be easily excited by a local mechanical stimulation. Therefore the complete theory of calcium waves should also take into account coupling between mechanical and chemical processes. In this paper we consider the existence of travelling waves for buffered systems, as in [22], completed, however, by an equation for mechanical equilibrium and respective mechanochemical coupling terms. Thus the considered, coupled system consists of reaction-diffusion equations (for the calcium and buffers concentrations) and equations for the balance of mechanical forces.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5B, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland. bkazmier@ippt.gov.pl
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kazmierczak
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Peradzynski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D055641:Mathematical Concepts; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D011157:Population Dynamics; D049490:Systems Biology