Article
Keeping Our Calcium in Balance to Maintain Our Balance.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 19 Feb 2017
Mark Melanie D, Schwitalla Jan Claudius, Groemmke Michelle, Herlitze Stefan
Abstract excerpt
Calcium is a key signaling molecule and ion involved in a variety of diverse processes in our central nervous system (CNS) which include gene expression, synaptic transmission and plasticity, neuronal excitability and cell maintenance. Proper control of calcium signaling is not only vital for neuronal physiology but also cell survival. Mutations in fundamental channels, transporters and second messenger proteins...
Topics
- Animals
- Calcium
- Calcium Signaling
- Homeostasis
- Humans
- Mice
- Mutation
- Spinocerebellar Ataxias
