Autonomic Nervous System Control of the Cardiac Pacemaker:  Modeling Aspects
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The sino-atrial node of the heart is comprised of extremely                important tissue since it is this node which is responsible for                 the heart rate.  Dr. John W. Clark is studying the pacemaker role               of the sino-atrial node and the autonomic nerves which control                  this function and in the process he is using his engineering                    background to try to put this function into a mathematical model.               Dr. Clark will incorporate into his model the various cell                      functions, both intracellular and extracellular.  This work is                  important in itself because of the biological structure upon                    which it concentrates.  However, this work is ground breaking                   since it attempts to quantify another biological system.  This                  work will represent a substantial advance in our understanding of               the operation and modulation of the sino-atrial node cells of the               heart.
{'FirstName': 'John', 'LastName': 'Clark', 'EmailAddress': 'jwc@rice.edu', 'StartDate': '01/01/1988', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}
{'Name': 'William Marsh Rice University', 'CityName': 'Houston', 'ZipCode': '770051827', 'PhoneNumber': '7133484820', 'StreetAddress': '6100 MAIN ST', 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'Texas', 'StateCode': 'TX'}
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