Treating Diseased Brain Cells with Calcium Channel Blockers (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Treating Diseased Brain Cells with Calcium Channel Blockers

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Treating diseased brain cells with calcium channel blockers: A diseased brain cell (middle) has more L-type channels, and consequently more calcium ions inside it, than a healthy brain cell (left). Treating the diseased cells with a blocker of the L-type channel reduced the number of calcium ions able to flow into the cell (right)

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University of Bristol

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