Effects of clamp rise-time on rat brain IIA sodium channels in Xenopus oocytes

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-122

  Ruben, Peter C ^a   Fleig, Andrea ^c,d   Featherstone, David ^a   Starkus, John G ^b   Rayner, Martin D ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oocyte; Patch clamp; Sodium channel; Two electrode voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SODIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030991911     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)02216-9     Document Type: Article

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