A vertical flow chamber for Xenopus oocyte electrophysiology and automated drug screening

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-79

  Joshi, P R ^a   Suryanarayanan, A ^a   Schulte, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Ligand gated ion channels; Oocyte; Perfusion chamber; Serotonin 3A receptor; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CURRENT; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0347626214     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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