The biophysics of sensory cells of the inner ear examined by atomic force microscopy and patch clamp

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2002, Issue 68, 2002, Pages 141-169

  Langer, Matthias G ^a   Koitschev, Assen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHANNEL GATING; CORTI ORGAN; GENETICS; HAIR CELL; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HAIR CELLS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; ORGAN OF CORTI; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS;

EID: 0036362873     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(02)68008-2     Document Type: Review

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