A rapid and sensitive assay of intercellular coupling by voltage imaging of gap junction networks

Cell Communication and Signaling

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ceriani, Federico ^a,b   Mammano, Fabio ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Fondazione per la Ricerca Biomedica Avanzata   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Connexins; Digital phase sensitive detector; Dye coupling; Electrical coupling; Genetic deafness; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 30; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TRACER; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; COCHLEA; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VOLTAGE CLAMP; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; CONNEXINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 84886420286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1478811X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-811X-11-78     Document Type: Article

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