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  • investigation of neuron transmission
    • neuron; conduction of the action potential
      In nervous system: Passive transport: membrane channels

      …with the development of the patch-clamp technique, which enabled researchers to directly measure currents flowing across single ion channels in the membrane. The patch-clamp technique electrically isolates a small patch of neuron or muscle cell membrane by applying the tip of a micropipette filled with conducting solution to the membrane…

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development by

    • Neher
      • Neher, Erwin
        In Erwin Neher

        …for the development of the patch-clamp technique, a laboratory method that can detect the very small electrical currents produced by the passage of ions through the cell membrane.

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    • Sakmann
      • In Bert Sakmann

        …for their development of the patch-clamp technique—a laboratory method widely used in cell biology and neuroscience to detect electrical currents as small as a trillionth of an ampere through cell membranes.

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