sodium current

collocation in English

meaningsofsodiumandcurrent

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sodium
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsəʊ.di.əm/us
/ˈsoʊ.di.əm/
a soft, silver-white chemical element that is found ...
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current
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkʌr.ənt/us
/ˈkɝː.ənt/
a movement of water, air, or electricity in a ...
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(Definition ofsodiumandcurrentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These include a regenerativesodiumcurrent, the potassium inward rectifier, potassium delayed rectifier and transient outward potassium current, and several calcium currents.
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The regenerativesodiumcurrentand the transient outward potassium current are activated only upon depolarization from a hyperpolarized potential.
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A novel membranesodiumcurrentinduced by injection of cyclic nucleotides into gastropod neurones.
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Sodiumcurrentin rat and cat thalamocortical neurons: role of a non-inactivating component in tonic and burst firing.
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This inactivation shuts off thesodiumcurrentand plays a critical role in the action potential.
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This results in a runaway condition whereby the positive feedback from thesodiumcurrentactivates even more sodium channels.
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It exerts its antiarrhythmic effect by induction of slow inwardsodiumcurrent, which prolongs action potential and refractory period (physiology) of myocardial cells.
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Electrophysiological examination of this mutant revealed that it increases the time constant for inactivation, presumably increasingsodiumcurrentand leading to hyperexcitability.
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It modifies thesodiumcurrentby inhibiting channel inactivation and speeding up recovery after inactivation.
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The inhibition of sodium currents in myelinated nerve by quaternary derivatives of lidocaine.
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In cultured hippocampal neurons, lamotrigine reduced sodium currents in a voltage-dependent manner, and at depolarised potentials showed a small frequency-dependent inhibition.
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Tedisamils antiarrythmic activity also appears to be supported by inhibiting sodium currents in cardiac muscle.
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It is also able to inhibit tetradotoxin-facilitated sensitive inward sodium currents in rat superior cervical ganglia.
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These two effects increase the so-called window current, a measure for the non-inactivating fraction of the sodium currents, by 225%.
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