Ultrashort electrical pulses open a new gateway into biological cells

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1122-1136

  Schoenbach, Karl H ^a   Joshi, Ravindra P ^b   Kolb, Juergen F ^a   Chen, Nianyong ^a   Stacey, Michael ^c   Blackmore, Peter F ^d   Buescher, E Stephen ^c   Beebe, Stephen J ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Biological cells; Calcium release; Electroporation; Intracellular electroeffects; Ultrashort electrical pulses

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PROBABILITY; TUMORS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM RELEASE; ELECTROPORATION; INTRACELLULAR ELECTROEFFECTS; ULTRASHORT ELECTRICAL PULSES;

CELLS;

EID: 4344679059     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2004.829009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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