ChanTest publications

ChanTest scientists have published more than 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals, many of which are listed below. Downloadable PDF versions of many of our most popular articles are available here – just click on the article title.

Alfuzosin delays cardiac repolarization by a novel mechanism
Lacerda AE, Kuryshev YA, Chen Y, Renganathan M, Eng H, Danthi SJ, Kramer JW, Yang T, Brown AM
(2008) J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 324(2):427-433
The KCNQ/M-current modulates arterial baroreceptor function at the sensory terminal in rats
Wladyka CL, Feng B, Glazebrook PA, Schild JH, Kunze DL
(2008) J Physiol. 586(3):795-802
Evidence for a deep pore activation gate in small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels
Bruening-Wright A, Lee WS, Maylie J, Adelman JP
(2007). J Gen Physiol. 130(6):601-610
Voltage-gated ion channels and gating modifier toxins
Catterall WA, Cestèle S, Yarov-Yarovoy V, Yu FH, Konoki K, Scheuer T
(2007). Toxicon. 49(2):124-141
Kinetic relationship between S4 and the activation gate in spHCN channels
Bruening-Wright A, Elinder F, Larsson P
(2007) J Gen Physiol. 130(1):71-81
Slow conformational changes of the voltage sensor during the mode shift in HCN channels
Bruening-Wright A, Larsson HP
(2007) J Neurosci. 27(2):270-278
Differential modulation by nicotine of substantia nigra versus ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons
Keath JR, Iacoviello MP, Barrett LE, Mansvelder HD, McGehee DS
(2007) J Neurophysiol. 98(6):3388-3396
Luminal chloride dependent activation of endosome calcium channels: patch-clamp study of enlarged endosomes
Saito M, Hanson P, Schlesinger P
(2007) J Biol Chem. 282(37):27327-27333
Otopetrin 1 activation by purinergic nucleotides regulates intracellular calcium
Hughes I, Saito M, Schlesinger PH, Ornitz1 DM
(2007) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 104(29):12023–12028
Reduced sodium current in Purkinje neurons from Nav1.1(-/-) mice: Implications for ataxia in severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy
Kalume F, Yu FH, Westenbroek RE, Scheuer T, Catterall WA
(2007). J Neurosci. 27(41):11065-11074
The voltage-gated sodium channel Scn8a is a genetic modifier of Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy
Martin MS, Tang B, Papale LA, Yu FH, Catterall WA, Escayg A
(2007). Hum Mol Genet. 16(23)2892-2899
KCNQ/M-currents contribute to the resting membrane potential in rat visceral sensory neurons
Wladyka CL, Kunze DL
(2006) J Physiol. 575(1):175-189
A "sample-and-hold" pulse-counting integrator as a mechanism for graded memory underlying sensorimotor adaptation
Oestreich J, Dembrow NC, Zakon HH  
(2006). Neuron 49(4):577-588  
The Bax pore in liposomes, biophysics
Schlesinger PH, Saito M
(2006) Cell Death Differ. 13:1403-1408
Neuromodulation of Na+ channel slow inactivation via cAMP-dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C
Chen Y, Yu FH, Surmeier J, Scheuer T, Catterall WA
(2006). Neuron. 49(3):409-420
Painful channels
Catterall WA, Yu FH
(2006). Neuron. 52(5):743-744 </