Daytime BK Channel Activity (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University Press

Daytime BK Channel Activity

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A study in The Journal of General Physiology shows how changes in BK channel expression pattern might affect circadian rhythms. BK channels with a SRKR splice variant had reduced impact on neurons during the day.

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Shelley et al., 2013

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