A method for direct patch-clamp recording from smooth muscle cells embedded in functional brain microvessels

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 435, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 564-569

  Quinn, K ^a   Beech, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteriole; Brain; Ion channel; Patch clamp; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ION CHANNEL; LEMAKALIM; TETRYLAMMONIUM; TRYPAN BLUE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031906318     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050553     Document Type: Article

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