This proof-of-concept advance could have broad implications in treating diseases of the nervous system or the heart, since these tissues rely on cells with the ability to communicate with adjacent ...

It has been 60 years since scientists discovered that sodium channels create the electrical impulses crucial to the function of nerve, brain, and heart cells — all of which are termed “excitable.” Now ...

Warren Zevon‘s self-titled 1976 album wasn’t technically his debut, but it might as well have been for how ideally it introduced his singular talent to the world. That meant that a lot of expectations ...

A calcium-sensing protein, STIM1, known to activate store-operated calcium channels has been found to also inhibit voltage-operated calcium channels. A calcium-sensing protein, STIM1, known to ...