Calcium ions, which are ultimately responsible for the contraction of muscle cells, are released from storage organs and flow through these ion channels.

We originally hypothesized that localized releases of calcium inside the cell, near target ion channels, might do the trick, as we knew that such releases can regulate the contraction of smooth ...

A research group led by Dr. Keisuke Obara, Dr. Kento Yoshioka, and Professor Yoshio Tanaka from the Department of Chemical ...

IT has been postulated that calcium ions act as the link between depolarization and contraction in cardiac 1 and skeletal muscle 2.This hypothesis is based on the results of experiments relating ...

As food is digested and nutrients are absorbed, there is a lot of movement in the gut. Scientists have now shown that a ...

Whenever muscles contract, so-called ryanodine receptors come into play. Calcium ions, which are ultimately responsible for the contraction of muscle cells, are released from storage organs and ...

Calcium ions, which are ultimately responsible for the contraction of muscle cells, are released from storage organs and flow through these ion channels. Defective ryanodine receptors can lead, for ...