Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia but the changes in brain cell function underlying memory loss remains poorly understood. Researchers at the University of Bristol have ...

A common type of medicine used to treat high blood pressure may be linked to a greater risk of glaucoma, according to a large ...

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Scientists have addressed a long-standing controversy behind the molecular players mediating calcium signaling, a biological process that coordinates a wide array of physiological responses, according ...

High blood pressure is one of the most common health problems in the world. It puts extra strain on the heart and blood ...

American researchers have discovered that simvastatin is able to bind to the RyR1 calcium channel in muscle cells and keep it open. The resulting calcium leakage can contribute to muscle weakness and ...

Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have shown how a minimal change in a single ion channel increases the sensitivity of sensory cells in the inner ear. Even soft sounds, such ...

Calcium channel blockers are a group of medications that act to inhibit either central or peripheral calcium channels. This results in decreased calcium influx and smooth muscle relaxation.

Lysosome malfunction caused by an organelle's inability to clear lipids or other waste from the cell plays a central role in lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs). Though those diseases have disparate ...

A compound -- one of 27 million screened in a library of potential new drugs -- reversed four types of chronic pain in animal studies, according to new research. The small molecule, which binds to an ...

A subunit of voltage-gated calcium channels was found to have a functional role in T-cells, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications. The findings add to a growing ...