A modified coaxial compound micropipette for extracellular iontophoresis and intracellular recording: Fabrication, performance and theory

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-169

  Remmers, John E ^a   Schultz, Stanley A ^a   Wallace, Jacqueline ^a   Takeda, Ryuji ^b   Haji, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brief pulse application; Diffusional distance; Iontophoresis; Membrane potential; Transport number

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DECEREBRATION; DEVICE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; IONTOPHORESIS; MICROELECTRODE; MICROPIPETTE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030828184     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.75.161     Document Type: Article

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