CA3D: A Monte Carlo code to simulate 3D buffered diffusion of ions in sub-membrane domains

Abstract
CA3D is a simulation program, based on Monte Carlo techniques, which simulates the buffered diffusion of ions in the sub-membrane domain of cells. Two geometries of submembrane domains are considered. The first, a conical domain, applies to spherical cells with a locally uniform distribution of channels while the second, a cylindrical domain, is intended to model ciliar cells and presynaptic terminals. Other domains can be implemented in the code with ease. The entry of ions takes place throu...

Title of program: CA3D
Catalogue Id: ADNW_v1_0

Nature of problem
The buffered diffusion of ions in the sub-membrane domain of cells is simulated by means of Monte Carlo methods. Two geometries of submembrane domains are considered. The first, a conical domain, applies to spherical cells with a locally uniform distribution of channels while the second, a cylindrical domain, is intended to model ciliar cells and presynaptic terminals. Other domains can be implemented in the code with ease. The entry of ions takes place through discrete entry points (channel por ...

Versions of this program held in the CPC repository in Mendeley Data
ADNW_v1_0; CA3D; 10.1016/S0010-4655(01)00144-8

This program has been imported from the CPC Program Library held at Queen's University Belfast (1969-2019)