From Galvani to patch clamp: The development of electrophysiology

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 453, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-247

  Verkhratsky, Alexei ^a   Krishtal, O A ^b   Petersen, Ole H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aldini; Bernstein; Bois Reymond; Cole and Curtis; Electrophysiology; Galvani; Helmholtz; History; Hodgkin and Huxley; Neher and Sakmann; Overton; Patch clamp; Swammerdam; Volta

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33751073392     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0169-z     Document Type: Article

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