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  • Title: Low resting potentials in single isolated heart cells due to membrane damage by the recording microelectrode.
    Author: Pelzer D, Trube G, Piper HM.
    Journal: Pflugers Arch; 1984 Feb; 400(2):197-9. PubMed ID: 6718227.
    Abstract:
    Single myocytes from adult rat hearts were prepared following the method of Powell and co-workers (9, 10, 11). Low resting potentials (Em) could be improved by three techniques. (i) Elevation of Cao to 7.2 mM which, however, mostly resulted in spontaneity and irreversible contracture. (ii) Pre-incubation in a "KB medium" (6). (iii) Use of suction pipettes instead of tapered microelectrodes for intracellular recordings (2). It is concluded that low Em measured previously (11) were due to membrane damage upon microelectrode impalement accompanied by insufficient healing of the membrane around the electrode insertion.
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