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Ion channels - estimation and control at macroscopic and nano scales

Title	Ion channels - estimation and control at macroscopic and nano scales
Publication Type	Conference Paper
Year of Publication	2004
Authors	Krishnamurthy, V.
Conference Name	Control Conference, 2004. 5th Asian
Pagination	42 - 50 Vol.1
Date Published	jul.
Keywords	biocontrol, bioelectric phenomena, biology, biomembrane transport, electrical activities, gating problem, hidden Markov model signal processing, hidden Markov models, ion channel control, ion channel estimation, macroscopic scale, membrane ion channel, molecular level, nanoscale, nervous system, optimisation, permeation problem, physiological models, stochastic control, stochastic optimization, stochastic processes, stochastic systems
Abstract	All electrical activities in the nervous system, including communications between cells and the influence of hormones and drugs on cell function, are regulated by membrane ion channels. Therefore understanding their mechanisms at a molecular level is a fundamental problem in biology. This paper shows how ideas in hidden Markov model signal processing, stochastic control and stochastic optimization can be used to understand the operation of ion channels at both a macroscopic and nano scales.
URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ASCC.2004.184743
DOI	10.1109/ASCC.2004.184743