Molecular Ion Channels Physiology

Nerve cells are close to the threshold that makes them fire rapid nerve impulses.

A high or low threshold can cause epilepsy or pain. We study a new mechanism by which different substances can raise or lower the threshold by opening or closing the voltage activated ion channels.

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Nina Ottosson, Malin Silverå Ejneby, Xiongyu Wu, Samira Yazdi, Peter Konradsson, Erik Lindahl, Fredrik Elinder (2017)
A drug pocket at the lipid bilayer-potassium channel interface

Science Advances , Vol.3 Continue to DOI

Ulrike Henrion, Jakob Renhorn, Sara Börjesson, Erin M Nelson, Christine S Schwaiger, Par Bjelkmar, Björn Wallner, Erik Lindahl, Fredrik Elinder (2012)
Tracking a complete voltage-sensor cycle with metal-ion bridges

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , Vol.109 , s.8552-8557 Continue to DOI

Sara Liin, Malin Silverå Ejneby, Rene Barro-Soria, Mark Alexander Skarsfeldt, Johan Larsson, Frida Starck Härlin, Teija Parkkari, Bo Hjorth Bentzen, Nicole Schmitt, H. Peter Larsson, Fredrik Elinder (2015)
Polyunsaturated fatty acid analogs act antiarrhythmically on the cardiac I-Ks channel

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , Vol.112 , s.5714-5719 Continue to DOI

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