Title: The Clinical Pharmacology of Potassium Channels
Abstract: Potassium channels form a remarkably diverse group of ion channel structures.1 More subtypes of potassium channels, with different biophysical and/or pharmacologic properties, are known than of any other type of ion channel. One of the most important roles of these channels is the regulation of membrane potential and excitability in nerve and muscle cells. Many potassium channels in turn are regulated by second messengers and other molecules of intermediary metabolism, such as G proteins, cAMP, ATP, inositol trisphosphate, and calcium.2 In this manner potassium channels provide an important link between membrane potential and cell metabolism.
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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