Sentences with phrase «block ion channels»

Amiodarone is known to specifically block ion channels, which suggests that the effect seen in the drug treated samples is specific to amiodarone HCL activity.

The ability to specifically block the ion channel with monobodies also raises intriguing possibilities for translational applications.

Many other chemicals are capable of blocking ion channels, he says, and «there is reasonable, if not compelling, evidence that a reduction in excitation is as much a part of the olfactory [sense] as excitation itself.»

Not exact matches

The researchers discovered that the fluoride ion channel is comprised of two major building blocks, which assemble together in an antiparallel manner.

Professor Asif Ahmed, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Health and Professor of Vascular Biology at Aston University, said: «Our latest research highlights that compounds that deliver low levels of carbon monoxide can block specific ion channels in the heart muscle to allow the muscle time to contract properly and forcefully in a coordinated fashion.

They found that when the potassium channel is open, water molecules quickly bind to tiny cavities within the protein structure, where they block the channel in a state that prevents the passage of ions.

Rather than being evenly distributed, the nickel clumps together and blocks the channels, preventing the flow of ions and keeping the battery from charging.

Their crisscrossing paths and collective efforts have nonetheless led to a clear - eyed understanding of how neurons — the brain's cellular building blocks — form and function and how ion - conducting channels control the flow of electrical signals through the nervous system.

Block the calcium entering through this ion channel and you can stop the inflammation.

To interrogate the susceptibility of both NSCs and dopaminergic neurons to amiodarone HCL - induced channel blocking, we examined differences in the expression of ion channels in both NSCs and dopaminergic neurons (Table 1).

Furthermore, MK801 can bind and block the NMDA - R channel ion conductance pore from the intracellular compartment (Berretta and Jones, 1996; Bender et al., 2006).