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A method of measurement of longitudinal resistances in an isolated cardiac and smooth muscle preparation

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The longitudinal internal as well as external resistance was measured by means of simultaneous intracellular and sucrose gap voltage recordings. The longitudinal internal resistance could be calculated from a formula comprising the shunt resistance, membrane action potential and transgap action potential before and after shunting. The longitudinal external resistance was calculated from another formula comprising the same quantities.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Silesian Medical Academy, Medyków 18, PL-40-762, Katowice, Poland

    W. Tuganowski, M. Bukowski, I. Korczyńska, B. Wójcik & K. Wasik

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Tuganowski, W., Bukowski, M., Korczyńska, I. et al. A method of measurement of longitudinal resistances in an isolated cardiac and smooth muscle preparation. Pflugers Arch. 406, 232–233 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00586688

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