Measurements of membrane patch capacitance using a software-based lock-in system

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 454, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-344

  Neef, Andreas ^a,b   Heinemann, Christian ^c   Moser, Tobias ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^c HEKA Elektronik Dr Schulze GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Membrane capacitance; Noise performance; On cell configuration; Patch clamp; Software lock in; Vesicle

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHROMAFFIN CELL; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; CHROMAFFIN GRANULES; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34047099288     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0191-1     Document Type: Article

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