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Abstract
A major class of calcium-activated potassium channels that are found primarily in excitable CELLS. They play important roles in the transmission of ACTION POTENTIALS and generate a long-lasting hyperpolarization known as the slow afterhyperpolarization.
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- SK Potassium Channels
- Potassium Channels, SK
- Small Conductance Calcium Activated Potassium Channels
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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2006(1996)
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- National Library of Medicine. Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D051640. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D051640
- Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_channel
- Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7390712