Sentences with phrase «ions into the brain cells»

Originally from algae, the gene makes a protein called channelrhodopsin - 2, which reacts to blue light by admitting ions into the brain cells, activating them in the process.

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GABA receptors are spread out throughout the brain and they are ligand - activated chloride channels that when activated, allow the negatively charged chloride ions across the cell membrane and into the cell where they reduce cellular activity.