About the Authors

Na Yu

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Catherine E. Morris

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Béla Joós

bjoos@uottawa.ca

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

André Longtin

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CEM BJ AL. Wrote the paper: NY CEM BJ AL. Performed the simulations: NY. Performed the mathematical and dynamical analysis: NY BJ AL. Linked findings to excitable cell injury: CEM. Revised the manuscript BJ AL CEM.