Sentences with phrase «allows sodium ions»

Nav1.7 contains four peripheral voltage - sensor domains (VSDs) that surround and control a central ion pore domain that allows sodium ions to enter and initiate action potentials in sensory neurons.

Like a type of door, sodium channels allow sodium ions to flow into nerve cells through tiny pores.

When a cell receives a stimulus, the cell opens gates that allow sodium ions to rush into the cells and potassium ions to rush out.

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Bound to the cell membrane, Na ± K+ATP ase uses the energy of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecules to pump sodium out of the cell and potassium into the cell, maintaining a charge gradient that allows ions to flow through open channels.

The selectivity filter is the functional unit that allows K + channels to distinguish potassium (K +) and sodium (Na +) ions.

When exposed to capsaicin, these receptors open to allow in sodium and calcium ions, causing the receptors to transmit that hot signal to the brain.

Researchers have known for decades that some microorganisms, such as single - celled green algae, have proteins that respond to light by opening a channel in the microbe's membranes, allowing the passage of electrically charged ions (such as calcium and sodium).

Incorporating the anode into a sodium - ion battery allowed it to perform at 83 percent capacity over 900 cycles.