Sentences with phrase «sensing ion channels»

Many cells in the BLA possess acid - sensing ion channels called ASIC1a, which respond to pH changes in the environment outside of the cell.

Structure of the cold - and menthol - sensing ion channel TRPM8.

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The researchers discovered that two members of a class of ion channels that can sense a change in temperature were present in neural crest cells from chickens and mice.

Ion channels are biomolecules that allow charged atoms to flow in and out of cells, and they are an important work - horse in cell signaling, sensing, and energetics.

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.»