A subunit of voltage-gated calcium channels was found to have a functional role in T-cells, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications. The findings add to a growing ...

Ferulic acid suppresses ileal smooth muscle contraction by inhibiting calcium ion influx through voltage-dependent calcium channels. This action may help prevent or treat excessive intestinal motility ...

A discovery about voltage-gated calcium channels and opioids could help develop more targeted drugs for pain. Opioids are a key drug used for treating pain; however, we still don’t know exactly how ...

They discovered that G-proteins impact the function of specific voltage sensors, but not others, making them more "reluctant" to sense electrical signals. "Our finding points to a very specific part ...

When three bright minds from different disciplines come together, something exceptional can happen. This is exactly what Prof. Patricia Hidalgo, Dr. Beatrix Santiago-Schübel, and Dr. Mercedes ...

Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have shown how a minimal change in a single ion channel increases the sensitivity of sensory cells in the inner ear. Even soft sounds, such ...