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Certain cells, commonly called excitable cells, are unique because of their ability to generate electrical signals. Although several types of excitable cells exist — including neurons ...

Recent research reveals that “nerve glue” plays significant roles in psychiatric conditions such as depression and ...

They’re widely used to modulate the activity of neurons and other excitable cells. When channelrhodopsins are expressed in the cells of other organisms, they enable the use of light to control ...

What every neuroscientist should know about the mathematical modeling of excitable cells. Combining empirical physiology and nonlinear dynamics, this text provides an introduction to the simulation ...

When acetylcholine molecules (blue) bind to the receptor, this triggers a conformational change that opens the aqueous pore and allows ions (red) to flow into the cell. An excitable cell converts ...

The so-called T-tubule network within the cells, which consists of electrically excitable membrane tubes that are involved in ...