patch clamp

noun

Definitions

  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.
    • 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).

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