2025
Sculpting excitable membranes: voltage-gated ion channel delivery and distribution
Tyagi S, Higerd-Rusli G, Akin E, Waxman S, Dib-Hajj S. Sculpting excitable membranes: voltage-gated ion channel delivery and distribution. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2025, 26: 313-332. PMID: 40175736, DOI: 10.1038/s41583-025-00917-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuronal compartmentsPeripheral nervous system neuronsIon channel localizationNervous system neuronsMembrane ion channelsIon channel traffickingChronic painNeuronal excitabilityPotential therapeutic targetChannel traffickingIon channel distributionSystem neuronsChannel localizationNeuronal activityTherapeutic targetIon channelsTarget membrane insertionPost-translational modificationsDistal neuronal compartmentsDisease statesNeuronal homeostasisVesicular sortingDiseaseSpatiotemporal regulationChannel delivery
2016
A Gain-of-Function Mutation in Nav1.6 in a Case of Trigeminal Neuralgia
Tanaka BS, Zhao P, Dib-Hajj FB, Morisset V, Tate S, Waxman SG, Dib-Hajj SD. A Gain-of-Function Mutation in Nav1.6 in a Case of Trigeminal Neuralgia. Molecular Medicine 2016, 22: 338-348. PMID: 27496104, PMCID: PMC5023517, DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2016.00131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnilateral facial painTrigeminal neuralgiaCentral nervous systemFacial painPain disordersTrigeminal nervePeripheral voltage-gated sodium channelsPhase 2 clinical studyWhole-cell voltage-clamp recordingsPeripheral nervous system neuronsDiagnosis of TNFunction mutationsIdiopathic trigeminal neuralgiaTrigeminal ganglion neuronsCurrent-clamp studiesResurgent sodium currentsHuman pain disordersHigh-frequency firingVoltage-clamp recordingsDe novo missense mutationsVoltage-gated sodium channelsMagnetic resonance imagingHigh-firing neuronsNovo missense mutationVascular compression
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