1 Neurons are composed of a cell body containing the nucleus ... When the neuron is triggered, it activates voltage-gated sodium channels at the beginning of the axon. This causes an influx of ...

positively charged residues in an extracellular domain (S4) are important for channel gating. Sodium channels are important for generating electrical signals in neurons.

Competing Interests: The author declared no competing interests. Voltage-gated sodium channels can contribute to axonal injury in multiple sclerosis (MS) by providing a pathway for sustained ...

Researchers in optics and brain and cognitive science are investigating whether neurons can transmit light in a manner ...

This important computational study investigates homeostatic plasticity mechanisms that neurons may employ to achieve and maintain stable target activity patterns. The work extends previous analyses of ...

Researchers have recreated the human ascending sensory pathway in a lab dish, using organoids that model the key brain and ...

In neurons, the signal is in the form of a wave of opening and closing channels that exchange charged particles such as ...

Na v 1.7 sodium channels are not present in cardiac muscle or CNS neurons, and this fact might be exploited to minimize adverse effects of sodium channel blockers. If these possibilities are ...

Other commonly-prescribed anti-seizure medications act on sodium and calcium channels in neurons, routes that are effective for some but not all patients. About 40% of the estimated 1.5 million ...

Researchers from the University of Rochester have begun an ambitious project to study if living neurons can transmit light through their axons—the long, tail-like nerve fibers of neurons that resemble ...

University College of London, London,UK Title: The speed of electromotility as defined by K v 7.4 channels and the properties of type II neurons in the post-hearing cochlea.

Its landing place on neurons is a channel called an AMPA receptor, which interacts with glutamate, and then acts like a pore that takes in charged particles. The ebb and flow of charged particles ...