A spatially distributed blood tissue exchange model which incorporates the regulation of coronary blood flow by adenosine acting through adenosine A2A receptors on the surface of vascular smooth muscle cells. This simplified version of the model lumps all interstitial adenosine consuming/transporting processes into a single process with Michaelis Menten kinetics.

Description

This is a spatially distributed blood tissue exchange model which incorporates 
the regulation of coronary blood flow by adenosine acting through adenosine A2A 
receptors on the surface of vascular smooth muscle cells. This simplified version 
of the model lumps all interstitial adenosine consuming/transporting processes 
into a single process with Michaelis Menten kinetics. This was done to reduce the
number of parameters when exploring the basic mechanisms underlying illusory 
cooperativity.

Equations

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