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patch clamp

patch clamp noun: a device used to measure the ion currents in individual living cells.

Noun

patch clamp (plural patch clamps)

  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 Extracellular Patch Clamp: A Method for Resolving Currents through Individual Open Channels in Biological Membranes”, in Pflügers...
    • 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 Glenn, “The Cardiac Sodium Channel Safety Profile of Cenobamate at Therapeutic Concentrations: In Vitro Analyses”, in Clin Transl Sci, volume...

Forms of patch clamp

pluralpatch clamps

Questions about patch clamp

What does patch clamp mean?
Patch clamp means a device used to measure the ion currents in individual living cells.
What part of speech is patch clamp?
Patch clamp is a noun.
What is the plural of patch clamp?
The plural of patch clamp is patch clamps.

Words near patch clamp in the dictionary

  1. patch
  2. patch bay
  3. patch bays
  4. patch box
  5. patch boxes
  6. patch clamp
  7. patch clamps
  8. patch file
  9. patch files
  10. patch ice
  11. patch over

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