Pathologies of Calcium Channels

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Weiss, Norbert (Editor), Koschak, Alexandra (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Neurochemistry.; Internal medicine.; Proteins.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Receptors.; Internal Medicine.

Calcium ions represent Mother Nature’s ‘ion-of-choice’ for regulating fundamental physiological functions, as they initiate a new life at the time of fertilization and guide subsequent developmental and physiological functions of the human body. Calcium channels, which act as gated pathways for the...