"Calcium Channels, L-Type" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Long-lasting voltage-gated CALCIUM CHANNELS found in both excitable and nonexcitable tissue. They are responsible for normal myocardial and vascular smooth muscle contractility. Five subunits (alpha-1, alpha-2, beta, gamma, and delta) make up the L-type channel. The alpha-1 subunit is the binding site for calcium-based antagonists. Dihydropyridine-based calcium antagonists are used as markers for these binding sites.
| Descriptor ID |
D020746
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.530.400.150.400 D12.776.543.550.450.150.400 D12.776.543.585.400.150.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Calcium Channels, L-Type- Calcium Channels, L-Type
- Calcium Channels, L Type
- L-Type VDCC
- L Type VDCC
- VDCC, L-Type
- L-Type Calcium Channel
- Calcium Channel, L-Type
- L Type Calcium Channel
- L-Type Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channels
- L Type Voltage Dependent Calcium Channels
- L-Type Calcium Channels
- L Type Calcium Channels
- Long-Lasting Calcium Channels
- Calcium Channels, Long-Lasting
- Long Lasting Calcium Channels
Receptors, Dihydropyridine- Receptors, Dihydropyridine
- L-Type VDCC alpha-1 Subunit
- L Type VDCC alpha 1 Subunit
- Dihydropyridine Receptor
- Receptor, Dihydropyridine
- Dihydropyridine Receptors
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Calcium Channels, L-Type" by people in Profiles.
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Ion Channel and Structural Remodeling in Obesity-Mediated Atrial Fibrillation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 08; 13(8):e008296.
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Diminished inhibition and facilitated activation of RyR2-mediated Ca2+ release is a common defect of arrhythmogenic calmodulin mutations. FEBS J. 2019 11; 286(22):4554-4578.
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Aging alters voltage-gated calcium channels in prefrontal cortex pyramidal neurons in the HIV brain. J Neurovirol. 2018 02; 24(1):113-118.
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Combined chronic blockade of hyper-active L-type calcium channels and NMDA receptors ameliorates HIV-1 associated hyper-excitability of mPFC pyramidal neurons. Neurobiol Dis. 2016 Oct; 94:85-94.
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Intact Heart Loose Patch Photolysis Reveals Ionic Current Kinetics During Ventricular Action Potentials. Circ Res. 2016 Jan 22; 118(2):203-15.
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The couplonopathies: A comparative approach to a class of diseases of skeletal and cardiac muscle. J Gen Physiol. 2015 Jun; 145(6):459-74.
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Repeated cocaine treatment enhances HIV-1 Tat-induced cortical excitability via over-activation of L-type calcium channels. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2014 Jun; 9(3):354-68.
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Enduring cortical alterations after a single in-vivo treatment of HIV-1 Tat. Neuroreport. 2012 Oct 03; 23(14):825-9.
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Concurrent upregulation of postsynaptic L-type Ca(2+) channel function and protein kinase A signaling is required for the periadolescent facilitation of Ca(2+) plateau potentials and dopamine D1 receptor modulation in the prefrontal cortex. Neuropharmacology. 2011 May; 60(6):953-62.
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Ryanodine receptor Ca2+ sensitivity and excitation-contraction coupling in muscular dystrophy and heart failure: similar and yet different. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2009 Dec; 297(6):H1965-6.