News tagged with sodium channels
Migraine mutations reveal clues to biological basis of disorder
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Fifteen percent to 20 percent of people worldwide suffer from migraines – excruciating headaches often presaged by dramatic sensations, or "auras." By studying a rare, inherited form of migraine, researchers at Vanderbilt ...
Electric fish plug in to communicate
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as people plug in to computers, smart phones and electric outlets to communicate, electric fish communicate by quickly plugging special channels into their cells to generate electrical ...
Angina: New drug gets right to the heart of the problem
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 07, 2009 |
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A compound designed to prevent chest pains in heart patients has shown promising results in animal studies, say scientists. In the second issue of the British Journal of Pharmacology to be published by Wiley-Blackwell, resear ...
Evolution and Epilepsy: Improvement in Brain Electrical Signaling is Critical Both for Vertebrate Evolution and for Prev
Jan 20, 2009 |
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Studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine on brain electrical signaling offer a fresh perspective on vertebrate evolution, provide additional evidence supporting Darwinian views of evolution, ...
Uncooperative voltage sensors: Study advances conclusions about the Shaker Kv channel
Apr 27, 2009 |
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The May 2009 issue of the Journal of General Physiology features an article and accompanying commentary on new experimental evidence that advances previous conclusions about the essential features of the Shaker K+ channe ...
The first gene-encoded amphibian toxin isolated
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Researchers in China have discovered the first protein-based toxin in an amphibian -a 60 amino acid neurotoxin found in the skin of a Chinese tree frog. This finding may help shed more light into both the ...
