Automatic microelectrode compensator (AMC).

O H Llobera; A Portela; C J César; J R de Xamar Oro; A H Guerrero; J C Pérez; A L Gimeno

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Automatic microelectrode compensator (AMC).

O H Llobera·A Portela·C J César·J R de Xamar Oro·A H Guerrero·J C Pérez·A L Gimeno

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A solid-state system designed for compensation of asymmetry potentials between microelectrodes, for bioelectric measurements, is described. Advantages over the manual compensator are the following: synchronic compensation of electrodes, application to automatized systems against aging effects in electordes, high speed, and elimination of general muisances of manual circuits. Besides, the system allows to measure digitally the polarization difference and resting membrane potential with precision of +/- 1 mV.

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Bioelectric Energy Sources Membrane Potentials Microelectrodes Potentiometry Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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O H Llobera, A Portela, C J César, J R de Xamar Oro, A H Guerrero, J C Pérez, A L Gimeno. 1976. Automatic microelectrode compensator (AMC).. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1032261/

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