Achieving maximal speed of solution exchange for patch clamp experiments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Auzmendi, Jerónimo ^a   Fernández Do Porto, Darío ^a   Pallavicini, Carla ^a   Moffatt, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONIST; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLOW RATE; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATION; PATCH CLAMP; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PIPETTE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SOLUTION EXCHANGE SYSTEM;

ELECTRICITY; MOVEMENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RHEOLOGY; SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864550553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042275     Document Type: Article

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