Admittance-based measurement of membrane capacitance using the EPC-9 patch-clamp amplifier

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 439, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 655-664

  Gillis, Kevin D ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocytosis; Exocytosis; Lock in amplifier; Membrane capacitance; Patch clamp; Phase sensitive detector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; INSTRUMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODEL; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTIFACTS; CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENDOCYTOSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EXOCYTOSIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0034094804     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050990     Document Type: Article

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