Nociceptors: the sensors of the pain pathway

AE Dubin, A Patapoutian - The Journal of clinical …, 2010 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Specialized peripheral sensory neurons known as nociceptors alert us to potentially
damaging stimuli at the skin by detecting extremes in temperature and pressure and injury …

Hyperpolarization-activated cation channels: from genes to function

M Biel, C Wahl-Schott, S Michalakis… - Physiological …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels comprise a small
subfamily of proteins within the superfamily of pore-loop cation channels. In mammals, the …

Metabolic cost as a unifying principle governing neuronal biophysics

A Hasenstaub, S Otte, E Callaway… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The brain contains an astonishing diversity of neurons, each expressing only one set of ion
channels out of the billions of potential channel combinations. Simple organizing principles …

Stabilizing selection on Atlantic cod supergenes through a millennium of extensive exploitation

M Sodeland, S Jentoft, PE Jorde… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Life on Earth has been characterized by recurring cycles of ecological stasis and disruption,
relating biological eras to geological and climatic transitions through the history of our …

Kv1. 1 and Kv1. 2: similar channels, different seizure models

CA Robbins, BL Tempel - Epilepsia, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Voltage‐gated K+ channels (Kv) represent the largest family of genes in the K+ channel
family. The Kv1 subfamily plays an essential role in the initiation and sha** of action …

Distinct cell-and layer-specific expression patterns and independent regulation of Kv2 channel subtypes in cortical pyramidal neurons

HI Bishop, D Guan, E Bocksteins… - Journal of …, 2015 - Soc Neuroscience
The Kv2 family of voltage-gated potassium channel α subunits, comprising Kv2. 1 and Kv2.
2, mediate the bulk of the neuronal delayed rectifier K+ current in many mammalian central …

Transcriptomic correlates of neuron electrophysiological diversity

SJ Tripathy, L Toker, B Li, CL Crichlow… - PLoS computational …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
How neuronal diversity emerges from complex patterns of gene expression remains poorly
understood. Here we present an approach to understand electrophysiological diversity …

Animal models of peripheral pain: biology review and application for drug discovery

S Kaliyaperumal, K Wilson, F Aeffner… - Toxicologic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Pain is a complex constellation of cognitive, unpleasant sensory, and emotional experiences
that primarily serves as a survival mechanism. Pain arises in the peripheral nervous system …

Ion channels as therapeutic targets in high grade gliomas

M Griffin, R Khan, S Basu, S Smith - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma multiforme is an aggressive grade IV lethal brain tumour with
a median survival of 14 months. Despite surgery to remove the tumour, and subsequent …

Nuclear localization and functional characteristics of voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1. 3

SH Jang, JK Byun, WI Jeon, SY Choi, J Park… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
It is widely known that ion channels are expressed in the plasma membrane. However, a few
studies have suggested that several ion channels including voltage-gated K+(Kv) channels …