Two-microelectrode voltage clamp of Xenopus oocytes: Voltage errors and compensation for local current flow

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1980-1991

  Baumgartner, W ^a,b   Islas, L ^c   Sigworth, F J ^c  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032826459     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77039-6     Document Type: Article

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