News tagged with bk channel
New clues to the structural dynamics of BK channels
BK channels (large-conductance, Ca2+-dependent K+ channels) are essential for the regulation of important biological processes such as smooth muscle tone and neuronal excitability. New research shows that BK channel activation ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Drug prevents seizure progression in model of epilepsy
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified a new anticonvulsant compound that has the potential to stop the development of epilepsy. The findings are published in the March issue of the journal Epilepsia.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 04, 2009 |
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Scientists identify how major biological sensor in the body works
A biological sensor is a critical part of a human cell's control system that is able to trigger a number of cell activities. A type of sensor known as the "gating ring" can open a channel that allows a flow ...
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Solving the puzzle of the BK ion channel (w/ Video)
In 2004, Washington University in St. Lous researcher Jianmin Cui was handed a puzzling clue to the structure of an ion channel his lab had been studying for five years.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 23, 2010 |
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A Cell's Private Life: Researchers Peer Inside a Hidden Protein
(PhysOrg.com) -- To understand the molecular machinery of the human body, scientists have to be able to observe the structure of cellular proteins. This has been particularly challenging for those proteins ...
Aug 30, 2009 |
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Flow of potassium into cells implicated in schizophrenia
A study on schizophrenia has implicated machinery that maintains the flow of potassium in cells and revealed a potential molecular target for new treatments. Expression of a previously unknown form of a key ...
May 06, 2009 |
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An emergency brake in the brain
Brain researchers at the University of Oslo in Norway have penetrated deeply into the innermost secrets of the brain to find out how brain cells can survive a stroke. Strokes are usually caused by occlusion ...
Nov 26, 2008 |
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MicroRNA implicated as molecular factor in alcohol tolerance
In recent years, a class of small molecules known as microRNA have been found to play an important role in regulating gene products in most animal and plant species. A new study now indicates that microRNA may influence the ...
Jul 30, 2008 |
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Possible link between different forms of epilepsy found
Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have identified what may be the first known common denominator underlying inherited and sporadic epilepsy — a disruption in an ion channel called the BK channel. Although BK channels ...
Jun 16, 2008 |
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RNA-associated introns guide nerve-cell channel production
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that introns, or junk DNA to some, associated with RNA are an important molecular guide to making nerve-cell electrical channels. ...
Feb 05, 2008 |
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