Calcium Channel Blocked with Amlodipine (IMAGE)

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

Calcium Channel Blocked with Amlodipine

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The calcium channel blocker, amlodipine (shown in bright color bound to the side of the channel) is a blood pressure medicine that remodels the channel from the outside, so that the calcium (red dots in center of image) lodges inside.

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Catterall and Zheng Labs/University of Washington

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