calcium ion

collocation in English

meaningsofcalciumandion

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calcium
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkæl.si.əm/us
/ˈkæl.si.əm/
a chemical element that is present in teeth, bones, ...
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ion
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaɪ.ɒn/us
/ˈaɪ.ɑːn/
an atom or small group of atoms that has an electrical charge because it has added or lost one or ...
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(Definition ofcalciumandionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The typical protocol for revealing them, either by macroscopic currents or dye uptake\\leakage, involves reduced extracellularcalciumionand prolonged depolarization.
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Simplified reaction-diffusion equations for potassium andcalciumionconcentrations during spreading cortical depression.
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Activation with low externalcalciumionand long depolarizing voltages is a consistent feature of plasma membrane hemichannels.
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The gas-solid difference ofcalciumioncharge state distribution has been numerically demonstrated.
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The inactivation caused by intracellularcalciumionaccumulation and the voltage dependency of activation is responsible for the bell-shaped dependency.
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At high agonist concentrations (when glutamate receptor occupancy was very low), the channel was either conducting, or if acalciumionwas bound, nonconducting.
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This is not to say thatcalciumionis not involved or an important modulator of effects on connexin channels.
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In a further experiment (experiment 3) we observed changes in the ultrastructural distribution of intracellular calcium deposits in oocytes in which thecalciumionchannels had been blocked by verapamil.
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Thecalciumioncontent in the water ranged from 7 to 28 mg l21, so that the shell height of adult snails scarcely reached 8 mm.
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A potential triggering step is that the close approach of the extracellular domains of the hemichannels displaces a postulatedcalciumion(s) that keeps the extracellular end sealed.
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Also, annexins have been shown to be involved in trafficking and organization of vesicles, exocytosis, endocytosis and alsocalciumionchannel formation.
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For example, microfluorimetry is used in neurons to compare the effects of neurotoxins on bothcalciumionconcentration and mitochondrial membrane potential in individual cells.
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During suppression, neuronal pumps restore thecalciumionconcentrations to normal levels, thus causing the cortex to be subject to the process again.
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When in solution, thecalciumionvaries remarkably to the human taste, being reported as mildly salty, sour, mineral-like or even soothing.
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So long as internalcalciumionconcentrations remain at an elevated level, the neuron will continue to undergo periods of rapid spiking.
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Thecalciumionaccelerates formation of calcium hydroxide and thus precipitation and setting.
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These residues are negatively charged and will make a charge-interaction with the positively chargedcalciumion.
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All mutated proteins participate in the regulation ofcalciumionflow in and out of the sarcoplasmatic reticulum of cardiac cells.
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It is also implicated in bone mineralization andcalciumionhomeostasis.
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A variety of different types ofcalciumionchannels are found in excitable cells.
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