Ion channels are structures within cell membranes that enable specific ions to travel to and from the cell. Such transfer is essential for a variety of physiological processes such as muscle cell ...

Scientists identified the region where a protein regulates sodium ion channels, inserting the channel's genetic material into a virus to alleviate pain in cell and animal studies. Researchers at NYU ...

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Researchers at Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University report in Nature Communications a high-speed atomic force microscopy study of the structural dynamics of sodium ion ...

Ion channels are proteins embedded in cellular membranes enabling particular ions to pass through the membrane. They are present in the membranes of all types of cells. The regulation of ion transfer ...

The transport of ions to and from a cell is controlled by pore-forming proteins embedded in the cell membrane. In particular, voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) govern the transfer of sodium (Na +) ...

Researchers at NYU College of Dentistry's Pain Research Center have developed a gene therapy that treats chronic pain by indirectly regulating a specific sodium ion channel, according to a new study ...