Article title: The cardioprotective role of sirtuins is mediated in part by regulating KATP channel surface expression Authors: Erkan Tuncay, Ivan Gando, Jian-Yi Huo, Gautham Yepuri, Natalie Sampler, Belma Turan, Hua-Qian Yang, Ravichandran Ramasamy, William A. Coetzee From the authors: “Overall,…
Tag: Potassium Channels
Impaired Potassium Channels Cause Vascular Problems in Traumatic Brain Injury
New research published ahead of print in the journal Function finds that traumatic brain injury (TBI) disrupts inward-rectifier potassium channel function to cause system-wide vascular dysfunction. Inward-rectifier potassium channels play an important role in blood flow and relies on phosphatidylinositol…
Researchers Identify Brain Ion Channel as New Approach to Treating Depression
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a drug that works against depression by a completely different mechanism than existing treatments.
Researchers Discover a Novel Potassium Channel Activator Which Acts as a Potential Anticonvulsant
Corresponding Authors: Paul A. Slesinger, PhD, Lillian and Henry M. Stratton Professor of Neuroscience, Director, Center for Neurotechnology & Behavior, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (lead) Avner Schlessinger, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Associate…
Chemotherapy and Cancer Gang up to Cause a Neurological Side Effect, Study Says
Chemotherapy has been the lone suspect in a neurological ailment, but cancer may be also to blame. The havoc they wreak is much more than additive.