Research focused on understanding electrical synapses and their impact on the retina.

β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) agonists are among the most potent factors regulating cardiac electrophysiological properties. Connexin 43 (Cx43), the predominant gap-junction protein in the heart, has ...

Twenty-week-old male SHR and WKY rats were used in this study. All protocols were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the Medical College of Shihezi University and ...

Neuronal stem cells, originally viewed a source of spare parts that would rebuild damaged circuits, are proving instead to function more like capable paramedics, coming to the rescue of degenerating ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract External electric fields are efficiently conducted into the cytoplasmic interior of extended chains of cells that are electrotonically coupled ...

The emergence of gap junctions is a hallmark in the evolution of life from single-cell to multicellular organisms. For the first time, they enabled true social interactions between cells by allowing ...

The heartbeat is controlled by rapid conduction of an electrical current between heart muscle cells. Central to passage of the electrical current are structures known as gap junctions, low resistance ...

Gap junction protein inhibitor protects mice from death and liver damage after hepatotoxic drug challenge. Inhibiting gap junctions in liver cells could provide a feasible strategy to preventing ...

ATP is a widely used extracellular signaling molecule. The mechanism of ATP release from cells is presently unresolved and may be either vesicular or channel-mediated. Erythrocytes release ATP in ...

A "long shot" discovery holds promise for treating post traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders, and perhaps Alzheimer's disease and other memory impairment diseases. The researchers ...