Calibration of Mg2+-selective macroelectrodes down to 1 μmol l-1 in intracellular and Ca2+-containing extracellular solutions

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 453-467

  Lüthi, Daniel ^a   Spichiger, Ursula ^b   Forster, Ian ^c   McGuigan, John A S ^a  

^a Institute of Physiology   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CYCLOHEXANEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; PH; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0346030283     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1997.sp004039     Document Type: Article

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