Before revision:  Using generic Hodgkin-Huxley type of models , we investigate here how channel defects in single beta-cells affect the intercellular communication, and whether the collective dynamicsof the population can be thereby influenced.
After revision:  Using generic Hodgkin-Huxley type of models that describe physiological bursting dynamics of pancreatic beta-cells affect the intercellular communication, and whether the collective dynamicsof the population can be thereby influenced.