Detection of extracellular calcium gradients with a calcium-specific vibrating electrode.
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Detection of extracellular calcium gradients with a calcium-specific vibrating electrode
We have developed a vibrating calcium-specific electrode to measure minute extracellular calcium gradients and thus infer the patterns of calcium currents that cross the surface of various cells and tissues. Low-resistance calcium electrodes (routinely approximately 500 M omega) are vibrated by means of orthogonally stacked piezoelectrical pushers, driven by a damped square wave at an optimal f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0021-9525,1540-8140
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.110.5.1565