Sodium channels and their genes: dynamic expression in the normal nervous system, dysregulation in disease states11Published on the World Wide Web on 15 August 2000.
Waxman S, Dib-Hajj S, Cummins T, Black J. Sodium channels and their genes: dynamic expression in the normal nervous system, dysregulation in disease states11Published on the World Wide Web on 15 August 2000. Brain Research 2000, 886: 5-14. PMID: 11119683, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(00)02774-8.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsSodium channel gene expressionSodium channel geneChannel gene expressionChannel genesGene expressionPost-transcriptional levelNormal nervous systemSodium channel expressionSodium channelsChannel expressionMolecular plasticityGenesDynamic expressionCell membraneHypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretory neuronsDifferent repertoiresMultiple sclerosisNervous systemTherapeutic opportunitiesSodium channel subtypesExpressionElectrogenic propertiesRegulationChannel subtypesDysregulationThe neuron as a dynamic electrogenic machine: modulation of sodiumchannel expression as a basis for functional plasticity in neurons
Waxman S. The neuron as a dynamic electrogenic machine: modulation of sodiumchannel expression as a basis for functional plasticity in neurons. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2000, 355: 199-213. PMID: 10724456, PMCID: PMC1692729, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSodium channelsMammalian nervous systemSodium channel geneNervous systemDozen genesDistinct sodium channelsVoltage-gated sodium channelsGenesElectrogenic machineryNormal nervous systemSodium channel expressionFunctional plasticityMembrane of neuronsAction potential activityTranscriptionPathological insultsPhysiological inputsMost neuronsCrucial roleExpressionNeuronsFunctional propertiesElectroresponsive propertiesPotential activityMachinery