2000
A double mutation in families with periodic paralysis defines new aspects of sodium channel slow inactivation
Bendahhou S, Cummins T, Hahn A, Langlois S, Waxman S, Ptácek L. A double mutation in families with periodic paralysis defines new aspects of sodium channel slow inactivation. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2000, 106: 431-438. PMID: 10930446, PMCID: PMC314328, DOI: 10.1172/jci9654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChannel slow inactivationPeriodic paralysisSlow inactivationSodium channel slow inactivationMalignant hyperthermia susceptibilitySkeletal muscle disordersHuman skeletal muscleParalytic attacksMuscle disordersHyperkalemic periodic paralysisSkeletal muscleParalysisDisease-causing mutationsNovel mutationsHyperKPPChannel defectsMolecular determinantsAlpha subunitMutant channelsMutationsDouble mutationInactivationPatientsTransmembrane segments S5
1998
Slow Closed-State Inactivation: A Novel Mechanism Underlying Ramp Currents in Cells Expressing the hNE/PN1 Sodium Channel
Cummins T, Howe J, Waxman S. Slow Closed-State Inactivation: A Novel Mechanism Underlying Ramp Currents in Cells Expressing the hNE/PN1 Sodium Channel. Journal Of Neuroscience 1998, 18: 9607-9619. PMID: 9822722, PMCID: PMC6793269, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-23-09607.1998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTTX-S currentsRamp currentsDRG neuronsClosed-state inactivationSensory neuronsChannel isoformsDistinct integrative propertiesSmall DRG neuronsSodium channelsTTX-sensitive currentsSlow ramp depolarizationSteady-state inactivationRamp depolarizationNeuronsSkeletal muscleState inactivationIntegrative propertiesInactivation propertiesOpen-state inactivationExcitable cellsNovel mechanismCellsDepolarizationInactivationPN1
1994
The expression of rat brain voltage-sensitive Na+ channel mRNAs in astrocytes
Oh Y, Black J, Waxman S. The expression of rat brain voltage-sensitive Na+ channel mRNAs in astrocytes. Brain Research 1994, 23: 57-65. PMID: 8028484, DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(94)90211-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat brainChannel mRNAChannel subtypesCultured spinal cordSkeletal muscleRat optic nerveNeuronal cell bodiesRegions of CNSSubtype IRat skeletal muscleOptic nervePolymerase chain reactionSpinal cordRat astrocytesDistinct subtypesAstrocytesCell bodiesSubtypesBrainRT-PCRSubtype IIRat tissuesChain reactionRat liverReverse transcription