BK Channels: Integrators of Cellular Signals in Health and Disease

• Main Author: Alex Dopico (auth)
• Other Authors: Thomas M. Weiger (auth), Anton Hermann (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Physiology; BK channel; hydrogensulfide; maxi calcium activated potassium channel; disease; nervous system; Slo; KCNMA1; health; ethanol; ischemia
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Maxi calcium-activated potassium channels (BK) are an amazing category of ion channels which are found in cellular plasma membranes as well as in membranes of intracellular organelles. The function of these channels is to repolarize any excited membrane by passing a potassium outward current, in res...