4-(2-(6-(Dibutylamino)-2-naphthalenyl)ethenyl)-1-(3-sulfopropyl)pyridinium hydroxide inner salt has been used as a voltage sensitive dye in cardiac cells.[1]
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Membrane potential dye that responds to changes in membrane potential monitored by fluorescence excitation changes at 440 and 505 nm; correlated to changes in membrane potential of the cell.
Excitable media can support spiral waves rotating around an organizing centre. Spiral waves have been discovered in different types of autocatalytic chemical reactions and in biological systems. The so-called 're-entrant excitation' of myocardial cells, causing the most dangerous cardiac arrhythmias
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1068(2), 149-156 (1991-09-30)
The voltage sensitivity of fluorescence of an aminobenzstyryl-pyridinium dye (di4-ANEPPS) is characterized in Retzius cells dissociated from the leech. The modulation of the complete spectra of excitation and emission is determined. The spectral changes induced by depolarization are described by
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