Vascular Ion Channels in Physiology and Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Levitan, PhD, Irena (Editor), Dopico, MD, PhD, Alex M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Proteins.; Cell membranes.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Protein Science.; Membrane Biology.

Ion channels are the major class of membrane proteins responsible for rapid and regulated transport of ions across biological membranes and for the generation and propagation of electrical signals in the brain, heart, and skeletal and vascular tissues. Ion channels are also known to play critical ro...