patch clamp

A device used to measure the ion currents in individual living cells.

Noun

  1. A device used to measure the ion currents in individual living cells.
    • We have shown that the extracellular patch clamp can be reliably used to detect extremely small currents flowing through biological membranes. - 1978 July, Erwin Neher, Bert Sakmann, Joe Henry Steinbach, “The...
    • The effect of cenobamate on various human sodium channels (Naᵥ1.1‐Naᵥ1.8) was characterized using automated patch clamp on stably expressing cells (n = 3–4). - 2025 Oct, William J Crumb Jr, Susan M Melnick, Kelli J...

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