The results of a study, using mice and heart muscle cells from rabbits, by researchers from Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany, have provided a potential molecular explanation for the ...

Approximately 2% of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have a mutation of the SCN5A gene that disrupts sodium channel function, according to a genotype analysis published online March 10 in ...

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Thomas Kleyman, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the renal-electrolyte division at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is a senior author of the study. Sodium channels found outside the ...

Blood may seem like a simple fluid, but its chemistry is complex. When too much potassium, for instance, accumulates in the bloodstream, patients may experience deadly irregular heart rhythms.

They're like lightning storms inside the brain. Epileptic seizures blow in suddenly, their rapid and rhythmic electrical bursts disrupting normal brain activity. At the cellular and molecular level, ...

Electrical recordings from mouse neurons revealed differences in how a leading autism gene changes brain signaling before and after birth. Here scientists use pipettes (bright wedges) to record from ...

Note: On January 30, 2025 the FDA approved the first-in-class non-opioid analgesic Journavx (suzetrigine) for the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain in adults. The novel drug reduces pain by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Both percent-predicted FEV 1 and FVC in primary ciliary dyskinesia improved with the addition of idrevloride to ...