Structure, function, and pharmacology of acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs): Focus on ASIC1a

International Journal of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-94

  Gründer, Stefan ^a   Chen, Xuanmao ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Desensitization; Excitatory postsynaptic current; Fear conditioning; Ischemia; Psalmotoxin

Indexed keywords

ACID SENSING ION CHANNEL; ACID SENSING ION CHANNEL 1A PROTEIN; AMILORIDE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NAFAMSTAT; NICKEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PSALMOTOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ACID SENSING ION CHANNEL 1A GENE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESENSITIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEAR; GENE; GENOME; HUMAN; IC 50; INFLAMMATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STROKE; TACHYPHYLAXIS;

EID: 77954727554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19448171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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