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[High performance system for intracellular analysis].

J Deville
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A device is described, which allows intracellular microelectrode recording. It also has the possibility of injecting current without modifying the band pass, of eliminating artefacts, of controlling microelectrode resistance and capacity, measuring electrical membrane constants and, if need be, of unplugging the microelectrode.

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J Deville. 1976. [High performance system for intracellular analysis].. https://doi.org/10.1016/0013-4694(76)90082-1

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