In a surprising new finding, neuroscientists have shown that human neurons have a much lower density of ion channels than expected, compared to the neurons of other mammals. Ion channels produce ...

Recent work reported in Nature showed that there are not as many ion channels in human neurons as scientists expected, and not nearly as many as there are in other mammals' neurons. In this study, the ...

Neurons communicate with each other via electrical impulses, which are produced by ion channels that control the flow of ions such as potassium and sodium. In a surprising new finding, MIT ...

Now researchers have described key roles for G protein-mediated signaling and the late maturation of an ion ... channel, is constantly active in mature dentate granule cells, and this made the ...

A particular type of ion channel helps bring them down, ensuring these cells don't get overstimulated—a state that potentially can lead to severe epileptic seizures, among other problems.

They have already succeeded in using their remote control technique to open calcium ion channels, activate neurons in cell culture, and even manipulate the behavior of C. elegans, a tiny worm. The ...

Stürzebecher and Dr. Ines Ibañez-Tallon of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, to investigate the function of ion channels in neurons. There are ...

It is also one of just two areas in the adult brain where new neurons are continuously formed ... signaling and the late maturation of an ion channel during the differentiation of granule cells.