Theory of skin electroporation: Implications of straight-through aqueous pathway segments that connect adjacent corneocytes

Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-147

  Weaver, James C ^a   Vaughan, Timothy E ^a   Chizmadzhev, Yuri ^b  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FRUMKIN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ionic transport; Membrane recovery; Molecular transport; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPORATION; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; SIMULATION; SKIN; STRATUM CORNEUM; TEMPERATURE; THEORY;

EID: 0032466823     PISSN: 10870024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jidsymp.1998.29     Document Type: Article

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