Sodium channels are implicated in many serious conditions such ... New Cambridge research provides fresh and unexpected insight into the structure of sodium channels and, specifically, one of ...

Structure of sodium channels different than previously believed. ScienceDaily . Retrieved April 9, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 04 / 140417101159.htm ...

Sodium-gated ion channels open and close in response to the flow of ions. Here, McCusker et al.report the open structure of a sodium-gated ion channel pore from a bacterial homologue, and show, by ...

Atomic-level studies of the architecture of tiny sodium channel proteins, critical to generating electrical signals that start off each beat of the heart, are imparting striking details about ...

Sodium batteries -- which contain a metal electrode, a sodium-based electrode and often a molten sodium electrolyte -- already exist: the Third Reich powered the V-2 rocket with molten salt batteries.

Perturbation of the cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel, NaV1.5, by drugs or inherited mutation can underlie and trigger cardiac arrhythmias. Here, the role of the NaV1.5 carboxy terminus in ...

Estimated sodium intake of more than 3.7 g per day was associated with adverse cardiac remodeling, worse systolic strain and worse diastolic e’ velocity, according to research published in the ...

Structure of Sodium Channels Different from What Believed Previously. by Himabindu Venkatakrishnan on Apr 18 2014 9:10 AM. Sodium channels are potential target for drug therapies as they are ...