A simple, low-cost and fast Peltier thermoregulation set-up for electrophysiology

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-184

  Correges P ^a   Bugnard, E ^b   Millerin, C ^c   Masiero, A ^b   Andrivet, J P ^b   Bloc, A ^b   Dunant, Y ^b  

^a Ctr Interuniv Rech d'Enseignement   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Electrophysiology; Peltier effect; Synaptic transmission; Temperature control

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; COST; DEVICE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYBRID CELL; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THERMOREGULATION; TORPEDO MARMORATA;

ANIMALS; BARIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYBRIDOMAS; NEUROBLASTOMA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE; TORPEDO; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032167898     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00079-X     Document Type: Article

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