Estimating intracellular calcium concentrations and buffering without wavelength ratioing

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2655-2667

  Maravall, M ^a   Mainen, Z F ^a   Sabatini, B L ^a   Svoboda, K ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; FLUORESCENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034033433     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76809-3     Document Type: Article

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