Sentences with phrase «neurons different channels»
He can also give different types of neurons different channels by adding specific genetic handles to the channel DNA.
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They also inserted the light - sensitive ion channels into a different set of neurons in the medulla: glutamatergic neurons, which release the neurotransmitter glutamate.
Fridman and Guan realized that the pain and «feeling» sensory neurons each contained different kinds of sodium channels and that it may be possible to block one kind of channel and not the others to prevent patients from feeling pain but not other sensations.
This suggested to the researchers that it was theoretically possible to preferentially target one type of neuron over another, since the channels could be blocked at different levels of current.