Determination of gap junctional intercellular communication by capacitance measurements

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 431, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 556-563

  De Roos, Albert D G ^a   Van Zoelen, Everardus J J ^a   Theuvenet, Alexander P R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Electrical coupling; Gap junctions; Intercellular communication; Patch clamp; Whole cell

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; HEPTANOL; OCTANOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FIBROBLASTS; HALOTHANE; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; KIDNEY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OCTANOLS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0029998831     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02191903     Document Type: Article

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