Counting channels: A tutorial guide on ion channel fluctuation analysis

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 327-341

  Alvarez, Osvaldo ^a,b   Gonzalez, Carlos ^a   Latorre, Ramon ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Filter; Noise; Rundown; Single channel; Variance analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; FILTER; ION CHANNEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; CELL MEMBRANE; EDUCATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TEACHING;

ION CHANNEL;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYSIOLOGY; TEACHING;

EID: 0036903892     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00006.2002     Document Type: Article

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