If an Experimenter Wants to Apply a Cytoplasmic Molecule in the Middle

question 54

Multiple Choice

If an experimenter wants to apply a cytoplasmic molecule in the middle of a recording session using a patch clamp experiment to measure the effects of this ligand on ion channels, which experimental approach in most commonly used?

• A) Microelectrode recording
• B) Whole-cell patch clamp
• C) Cell-attached patch clamp
• D) Outside-out patch clamp
• E) Inside-out patch clamp

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