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Brand | HEKA |
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Model | EPC 9 |
Category | Laboratory Equipment |
Language | English |
Guides users through the amplifier calibration process using E9SCREEN software for optimal performance.
Explains how to generate a C-fast lookup table for automatic compensation in E9SCREEN and PULSE.
A tutorial on using a model circuit to test EPC9 amplifier functions and verify operation.
Describes a diagnostic tool in E9SCREEN for comprehensive hardware testing and troubleshooting.
Explains how to use Test mode to measure the EPC9's current-measuring circuitry and frequency response.
Describes the basic patch-clamp mode controlling pipette potential and converting current to voltage.
Explains how feedback is used to maintain current at zero by varying pipette potential.
Explains the importance and method of compensating for series resistance errors in voltage-clamp recordings.
Covers handling and correcting various offsets (amplifier, electrode, junction potentials) during patch-clamp experiments.
Details the steps for initial setup, entering the bath, and achieving a seal with a cell.
Explains how to perform cell-attached recordings, adjust controls, and set parameters.
Covers breaking the patch, capacitive transient cancellation, and series resistance compensation for whole-cell mode.
Describes switching to current-clamp mode and applying stimulus pulses for recording membrane potential.