Quantifying the geometry of micropipets

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-206

  Bowman, Charles L ^a,b   Ruknudin, Abdul M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble number; Electrophysiology; Ion channels; Microelectrode; Micropipet; Patch clamp; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MANOMETRY; MICROELECTRODE; MICROSCOPY; PATCH CLAMP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TENSION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ION CHANNELS; MANOMETRY; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0032606989     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02738172     Document Type: Article

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