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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsMiceMice, KnockoutNAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurons, AfferentPatch-Clamp TechniquesSodium ChannelsSpinal NervesConceptsResurgent 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 amplitudeDistinct repriming and closed-state inactivation kinetics of Nav1.6 and Nav1.7 sodium channels in mouse spinal sensory neurons
Herzog RI, Cummins TR, Ghassemi F, Dib-Hajj SD, Waxman SG. Distinct repriming and closed-state inactivation kinetics of Nav1.6 and Nav1.7 sodium channels in mouse spinal sensory neurons. The Journal Of Physiology 2003, 551: 741-750. PMID: 12843211, PMCID: PMC2343279, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.047357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnesthetics, LocalAnimalsCells, CulturedGanglia, SpinalIon Channel GatingKineticsMiceMice, Mutant StrainsNAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNAV1.8 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurons, AfferentPatch-Clamp TechniquesRecombinant ProteinsSodium ChannelsTetrodotoxin