Photolysis of caged compounds characterized by ratiometric confocal microscopy: A new approach to homogeneously control and measure the calcium concentration in cardiac myocytes

Cell Calcium

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-266

  Lipp, Peter ^a   Lüscher, Christian ^a   Niggli, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; INDICATOR; NITROFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALIBRATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TYPE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029864283     PISSN: 01434160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4160(96)90026-3     Document Type: Article

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