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Table 2 Variables employed in the PAPm to evaluate the time dependent mass diffusion of IP3 along one dimension

From: Synaptic neuron-astrocyte communication is supported by an order of magnitude analysis of inositol tris-phosphate diffusion at the nanoscale in a model of peri-synaptic astrocyte projection

Variable Value Reference
PAPm L 1000 nm Patrushev 2013 [26]
PAPm D 100 nm Reichenbach 2010 [25]
PAPm volume 7.8539X10^-21 m^3
IP3 Dab 300 μm2/s Kang 2009 [41]
IP3 deagradation 0.8 s Fink 2001 [38]
PIP2 number in PAPm 3000 Van den Bogaart 2011 and Wang 2012 [30, 31]
[IP3] boundary condition Constant
Maximal [IP3] in PAPm ≈600 μM
PLC molecules in PAPm 1, 10, 100
PLC specific activity 1000/s-5000/s Kadamur and Ross 2013 [36]