Voltage‐gated calcium channels and their auxiliary subunits: physiology and pathophysiology and pharmacology

AC Dolphin - The Journal of physiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Voltage‐gated calcium channels are essential players in many physiological processes in
excitable cells. There are three main subdivisions of calcium channel, defined by the pore …

Calcium-permeable ion channels in pain signaling

E Bourinet, C Altier, ME Hildebrand… - Physiological …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
The detection and processing of painful stimuli in afferent sensory neurons is critically
dependent on a wide range of different types of voltage-and ligand-gated ion channels …

Norepinephrine: a neuromodulator that boosts the function of multiple cell types to optimize CNS performance

J O'Donnell, D Zeppenfeld, E McConnell, S Pena… - Neurochemical …, 2012 - Springer
Norepinephrine (NE) is a neuromodulator that in multiple ways regulates the activity of
neuronal and non-neuronal cells. NE participates in the rapid modulation of cortical circuits …

The β Subunit of Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels

Z Buraei, J Yang - Physiological reviews, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
Calcium regulates a wide spectrum of physiological processes such as heartbeat, muscle
contraction, neuronal communication, hormone release, cell division, and gene …

Differential regulation of Cav3.2 and Cav2.2 calcium channels by CB1 receptors and cannabidiol

EK Harding, IA Souza, MA Gandini… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Cannabinoids are a promising therapeutic avenue for chronic
pain. However, clinical trials often fail to report analgesic efficacy of cannabinoids. Inhibition …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of CaV2 calcium channels by G protein coupled receptors

GW Zamponi, KPM Currie - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2013 - Elsevier
Voltage gated calcium channels (Ca2+ channels) are key mediators of depolarization
induced calcium influx into excitable cells, and thereby play pivotal roles in a wide array of …

A modular switch for spatial Ca2+ selectivity in the calmodulin regulation of CaV channels

IE Dick, MR Tadross, H Liang, LH Tay, W Yang, DT Yue - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Abstract Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent regulation of voltage-gated CaV1–2 Ca2+ channels
shows extraordinary modes of spatial Ca2+ decoding and channel modulation,,,,,, vital for …

Direct G protein modulation of Cav2 calcium channels

HW Tedford, GW Zamponi - Pharmacological reviews, 2006 - ASPET
The regulation of presynaptic, voltage-gated calcium channels by activation of heptahelical
G protein-coupled receptors exerts a crucial influence on presynaptic calcium entry and …

Modular composition and dynamics of native GABAB receptors identified by high-resolution proteomics

J Schwenk, E Pérez-Garci, A Schneider… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
GABAB receptors, the most abundant inhibitory G protein–coupled receptors in the
mammalian brain, display pronounced diversity in functional properties, cellular signaling …

Fragile X mental retardation protein controls synaptic vesicle exocytosis by modulating N-type calcium channel density

L Ferron, M Nieto-Rostro, JS Cassidy… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common heritable form of mental retardation, is
characterized by synaptic dysfunction. Synaptic transmission depends critically on …