Why can't I get calcium live imaging from my cardiac slices?

Hi all, I'm using a vibratome to cut heart slices, and I want to do calcium imaging of the slices. I know for sure that the tissue is alive, as it is obviously contacting upon stimulation (without...

11 October 2018 2,608 3 View

Will cardiac slices contract spontaneously?

I'm using an isolated heart model by perfusing the heart with oxygenated Hepes buffered Tyrode's Solution (the heart is contracting and looks healthy), and then I use vibratome to cut 350-500 um...

21 August 2018 5,909 2 View

What is Flat Lens Antenna?

28 February 2021 5,433 3 View

Compact antenna for the frequency range 1 MHz-5 MHz?

Hello everybody! I have a problem with developing a compact antenna for the 1MHz-5MHz frequency range. Tell me what type of antenna can be used and what books and articles to read to perform this...

27 February 2021 7,710 4 View

Efficiency of Proximity Feed Patch Antenna ?

Greetings to all of You! I have searched some research papers for the designing of a proximity coupled patch antenna. Researchers are talking about the impedance bandwidth of the antenna but...

24 February 2021 7,662 3 View

In Microstrip patch antenna ,How to turn on the diode ,which is placed in the antenna slot with DC blocking capacitor ?

In Microstrip patch antenna ,How to turn on the diode ,which is placed in the antenna slot with DC blocking capacitor ?but entire patch is in AC supply due to antenna feed..

01 February 2021 4,904 3 View

Where to add metamaterial unit cells in microstrip patch antenna to enhance the antenna parameters?

In order to enhance the antenna parameters, meta-material unit cells are added but where to load them is more advantageous either at ground plane or at the patch side, also is it necessary to add...

24 January 2021 2,999 4 View

How can you accurately induce calcium overload and measure membrane potential in cultured Tg2576 neuronal cells using whole cell patch clamp method?

Hi there, I'm currently working on a project where i need to design an experiment but as i have little to no experience with this level of experimental design and no face to face help i am really...

22 January 2021 6,728 3 View

Does Lucifer Yellow interfere with miniEPSC/IPSC recordings?

I want to mark the neurons I am recording from during whole cell Patch clamp. I am thinking of using Lucifer Yellow. Does it increase noise during recording? What are the better alternatives to...

04 January 2021 7,791 3 View

How to simulate a LIF/HH Neuron with Applied Voltage Clamp?

Could you point me to some resources for voltage clamp simulation, preferably with code (Python or Matlab)? Thank you!

04 January 2021 3,857 3 View

How to standardize and set parameters in the Puller sutter P-97 to get accepted pipette shape and resistance for whole cell recordings on DRG?

We are working on a P-97 puller and we are using it to do whole cell recording in DRG. We have 2 types of pipettes (borosilicate glass ID: 1.1 OD: 1.5 and ID: 0.86 OD: 1.5 ) as it showed in the...

04 January 2021 2,112 6 View

How to simulate circular array of antennas in CST?

02 January 2021 7,530 6 View