These passageways, or ion channels, have the ability to open and close in response to chemical or mechanical signals. When an ion channel is open, ions move into or out of the cell in single-file ...

"There is an established method that can be used to measure whether an ion channel is open or closed," explains PD Dr. Dr. Tobias Huth from the Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology at FAU.

Today it seems self-evident that neurons make their electrical signals by opening gates of water-filled pores (ion channels) in the plasma membrane. But it was not always so. Remarkably ...

The elusiveness of single ion channels intrigued researchers for another quarter ... 8 Their adjoined laboratories quickly became a close-knit group. “It was a very small operation, but it was a ...

In particular, he is interested in how ion channels, which let molecules like sodium or potassium flow in or out of cells, regulate the activity of sensory neurons and mediate pain signaling. Ion ...

In a new study, a team led by medical researchers at The Ohio State University has determined that these vesicles contain an ion ... the channels are not surviving? That is an open question ...