Quantitative measurement of mitochondrial membrane potential in cultured cells: Calcium-induced de- and hyperpolarization of neuronal mitochondria

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2845-2871

  Gerencser, Akos A ^a   Chinopoulos, Christos ^b   Birket, Matthew J ^a   Jastroch, Martin ^a   Vitelli, Cathy ^a   Nicholls, David G ^a   Brand, Martin D ^a  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRY; EMBRYO; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIPOPHILICITY; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORESCENT DYES; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RHODAMINES; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 84862533016     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.228387     Document Type: Article

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