Errors in the measurement of voltage-activated ion channels in cell-attached patch-clamp recordings

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Williams, Stephen R ^a,b   Wozny, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HCN1 CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE ACTIVATED ION CHANNEL; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION-ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL; ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; DENDRITE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; RAT; STRATUM RADIATUM; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; STANDARD; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; IONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 79952716292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1225     Document Type: Article

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