An acetylcholine receptor (green) forms a gated ion channel in ... cell converts chemical or mechanical signals into electrical signals. Learn how ion channels connected to a receptor make this ...

Although several types of excitable cells exist — including neurons, muscle cells, and touch receptor cells — all of them use ion channel receptors to convert chemical or mechanical messages ...

Here, we use a synthetic amphiphile to modulate the membrane mechanical properties of cell-derived vesicles and probe channel activation. Using precise membrane mechanical characterization approaches ...

These cells possess mechanically gated ion channels, some of which function as stretch-activated channels. These stretch-activated channels increase the likelihood of opening and the passage of ions ...