An improved method for patch clamp recording and calcium imaging of neurons in the intact dorsal root ganglion in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-82

  Hayar, Abdallah ^a   Gu, Chunping ^a   Al Chaer, Elie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidromic stimulation; Calcium imaging; Collagenase; Dorsal root ganglion; Epi illumination; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ILLUMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 54049098277     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.05.023     Document Type: Article

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