The membrane resistance of electrically excitable cells measured by using current injection into the signal transmitting nerve

For electrically excitable cells which have a passively conducting nerve a new method is described which allows to measure the cell resistance by using the nerve for current injection and one intracellular microelectrode for potential measurement. The method is applied to the lateral photoreceptor c...

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Published inBioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 614 - 621
Main Authors Krischer, C.C., van den Bosch, J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier S.A 1976
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Summary:For electrically excitable cells which have a passively conducting nerve a new method is described which allows to measure the cell resistance by using the nerve for current injection and one intracellular microelectrode for potential measurement. The method is applied to the lateral photoreceptor cells of the barnacle. The results are in agreement with two-intracellular-microelectrode voltage clamp measurements which were published in the literature
ISSN:0302-4598
DOI:10.1016/0302-4598(76)80051-7