2005
Nav1.6 channels generate resurgent sodium currents in spinal sensory neurons
Cummins TR, Dib-Hajj SD, Herzog RI, Waxman SG. Nav1.6 channels generate resurgent sodium currents in spinal sensory neurons. FEBS Letters 2005, 579: 2166-2170. PMID: 15811336, DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.03.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResurgent sodium currentsResurgent currentsDRG neuronsLarge-diameter dorsal root ganglion neuronsSodium currentDorsal root ganglion neuronsSmall DRG neuronsSpinal sensory neuronsWild-type miceCerebellar Purkinje neuronsVoltage-gated sodium channelsGanglion neuronsSensory neuronsPurkinje neuronsNull miceNav1.6 channelsNeuronsSodium channelsMiceCell background
2003
Calmodulin Binds to the C Terminus of Sodium Channels Nav1.4 and Nav1.6 and Differentially Modulates Their Functional Properties
Herzog RI, Liu C, Waxman SG, Cummins TR. Calmodulin Binds to the C Terminus of Sodium Channels Nav1.4 and Nav1.6 and Differentially Modulates Their Functional Properties. Journal Of Neuroscience 2003, 23: 8261-8270. PMID: 12967988, PMCID: PMC6740705, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-23-08261.2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoltage-gated sodium channelsSodium channelsNeuronal sodium channelsCalcium-independent mechanismVGSC isoformsNeuronal plasticityCell excitabilityNav1.6 channelsNav1.6Overexpression of CaMCalcium-dependent mannerCalcium-independent mannerNav1.4Sodium channel Nav1.4Channel Nav1.4Functional expressionCurrent amplitude