Sentences with phrase «calcium influx into»

During an action potential, calcium influx into the presynaptic terminal triggers the fusion of synaptic vesicles with the plasma membrane, leading to the release of transmitter through the process of exocytosis.

«In principle what we are doing is letting calcium influx into a cell remotely,» says Arnd Pralle, an assistant professor of physics at S.U.N.Y. Buffalo and a co-author of the Nature Nanotechnology study.

In contrast, CX546 increases nerve cell activity and calcium influx into nerve cells by enhancing the activity of proteins called AMPA (α - amino -3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid) receptors.

Not exact matches

First comes a rapid influx of calcium into the cells immediately around the wound.

In diseased kidneys, TRPC5 causes an influx of calcium ions into the podocyte, eventually destroying it.

When these cells are illuminated by a strong light, a change in the structure of melanopsin triggers a molecular cascade that eventually leads to an influx of calcium ions into those neurons and an electrical pulse.

There's a whole rafter of studies showing that once calcium intake gets above optimal levels, the massive influx of the mineral into all your bodily cells can make your immune system's free radicals go berserk.