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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964893303321

Titolo

Potassium channels : types, structure and blockers / / Danielle S. Fonseca, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Biomedical Books, c2012

ISBN

1-61470-024-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Collana

Cell biology research progress

Altri autori (Persone)

FonsecaDanielle S

Disciplina

547/.05383

Soggetti

Potassium channels

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Potassium channels and vascular tone : structure, regulation, and function / Elisa Cairrão, Ignacio Verde -- The contribution of lymphocyte potassium channels to the perinatal regulation of the immune response in mother and newborn / Gergely Toldi, Barna Vásárhelyi -- Mitochondrial potassium channel : feature and physiological participation / R. Milan, F. Martinez -- Slow potassium channel dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and its in vivo evaluation by threshold tracking / Hiroyuki Nodera -- Characteristics of potassium channels of smooth muscle in health and disease / Yasushi Sakai, Michio Hashimoto -- Individual potassium channel proteins display characteristic patterns in rate cerebellum and olfactory bulb / Angelike Gortzen ... [et al.] -- Plant mitochondrial potassium channel or channels / Donato Pastore, Maura Nicoletta Laus, Mario Soccio -- Involvement of the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel in the beneficial effects of fasting on the ischemic-referfused rat heart / M.G. Marina Prendes ... [et al.].

Sommario/riassunto

Potassium channels are the most widely distributed type of ion channel and are found in virtually all living organisms. They form potassium-selective pores that span cell membranes, and are found in most cell types and control a wide variety of cell functions. This book presents current research in the study of potassium channels, including potassium channel activity in the regulation of vascular tone in physiological and pathophysiological conditions; the contribution of lymphocyte potassium channels in the perinatal regulation of the



immune response in both mother and the newborn; slow potassium channel dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and plant mitochondrial potassium channels.