Ultrasonic bath depth control and regulation in single cell recordings

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 452, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 784-788

  Duong Dinh, Thien An ^a,b   Jüngling, Eberhard ^a   Strotmann, Karl Heinz ^c   Westhofen, Martin ^b   Lückhoff, Andreas ^a,d  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KHS Electronic   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacitance measurements; Depth control; Hair cells; Organ bath; Patch clamp technique; Pressure induced currents; Transmitter release; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROELECTRODES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33748363676     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0090-5     Document Type: Article

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