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Voltage-dependent blockade of normal and mutant muscle sodium channels by benzylalcohol.
British journal of pharmacology - 1 Jul 2000
Haeseler G, Mamarvar M, Bufler J, Dengler R, Hecker H, Aronson J K, Piepenbrock S, Leuwer M
Abstract excerpt
1. We studied the effects of benzylalcohol on heterologously expressed wild type (WT), paramyotonia congenita (R1448H) and hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis (M1360V) mutant alpha-subunits of human skeletal muscle sodium channels. 2. Benzylalcohol blocked rested channels at -150 mV membrane potential, with an ECR(50) of 5.3 mM in wild type, 5.1 mM in R1448H, and 6.2 mM in M1360V. When blockade was assessed at -100...
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