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Non-invasive ion probes — tools for measuring transmembrane ion flux

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lonophores, used in non-invasive vibrating electrodes, can directly monitor steady-state ion flux from single cells, even when the source is non-electrogenic.

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  1. Peter J. S. Smith: director of the National Vibrating Probe Facility, funded through the NIH's National Center for Research Resources. For more information, fill in reader service number 100 on the reader service card bound inside the journal.

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