Science news articles about 'bk channels'

... and represent a new target for anticonvulsant therapies," Barth said. It is also possible that BK channel antagonists could be used early, perhaps after an initial seizure, to prevent cellular ...

... might be involved in the alcohol tolerance observed in the BK channel. In test tube experiments, the researchers ... a miR-9 binding site. Remarkably, the BK gene variants were destroyed exhibited high ...

... an effective anticonvulsant treatment for multiple types of seizures. The investigators continue to look at how BK channels are regulated by seizures to better understand the development of epilepsy.