Frozen Channels (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University Press

Frozen Channels

Caption

This illustration depicts how a segment in the two mutant Nav1.5 channels becomes immobilized during the cardiac action potential rather than returning to resting position, allowing charged ions to continue to leak into heart muscle cells.

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Moreau et al., 2015

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