Practical limits on the maximal speed of solution exchange for patch clamp experiments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 682-690

  Sachs, Frederick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLOW RATE; PATCH CLAMP; RESPONSE TIME; SIMULATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032804987     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)76923-7     Document Type: Article

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