Nanosecond-duration electric pulses open nanometer-size pores in cell plasma membrane

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 17-20

  Pakhomov, A G ^a   Ibey, B L ^b   Bowman, A M ^a   Andre, F M ^a   Pakhomova, O N ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell membrane; Electroporation; Lipidic pores

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; MAMMALS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL PLASMA MEMBRANES; CHANNEL BLOCKERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE; EXTENDED LIFETIME; INWARD-RECTIFYING; LIPIDIC PORES; MAMMALIAN CELLS; NANOSECOND DURATION;

NANOPORES;

EID: 77949882372     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03895-2_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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