An optimized approach to membrane capacitance estimation using dual- frequency excitation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1641-1658

  Barnett, David W ^a,b,c   Misler, Stanley ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXOCYTOSIS; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PATCH CLAMP; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031001350     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78810-6     Document Type: Article

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