Many neurons, particularly inhibitory neurons in motor areas, express ion channels that cause them to fire rapidly and regularly without input. A paper now presents evidence that an inherited ataxia ...

Hereditary diseases such as epilepsy or various coordination disorders may be caused by changes in nerve cells of the cerebellum, which do not set in until after birth. Hereditary diseases such as ...

When you have atrial fibrillation, the two upper chambers of your heart (atria) don't beat in sync with the two lower chambers (ventricles). This makes your heart beat out of rhythm and sometimes very ...

New research has identified the specific biological mechanism behind the muscle dysfunction found in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and further shows that calcium channel blockers can reverse these ...

Ibutilide is the only Food and Drug Administration-approved intravenous drug for the rapid termination of atrial fibrillation and flutter. Its mechanism of action is undecided. The drug has been ...

What Are Calcium Channel Blockers? Calcium makes your heart and blood vessels work harder to pump. Calcium channel blockers work by slowing the movement of calcium into the cells of the heart and ...

Allopregnanolone is one of the most important neurosteroids in the brain. We studied the effect and mechanism of allopregnanolone on spontaneous and evoked glutamate release in the medial prefrontal ...

Calcium channel blockers are a class of drugs prescribed for high blood pressure and other heart diseases. The medications reduce blood pressure by helping blood vessels to relax. Calcium channel ...

A little extra calcium is a good thing, to help maintain healthy bones and muscles. However, too much calcium in your neurons could be an underlying cause of memory loss for those afflicted with ...