The physiological functions of vision, secretion and cardiac contractility are strongly dependent on sodium-calcium (Na+-Ca2+) exchange activity, according to the proceedings of the last NCX ...

Oregon Health & Science University research shows how calcium regulates the recharging of high-frequency auditory nerve cells after they've fired a signal burst. The study indicates calcium ions play ...

A key abnormality in heart failure is defective handling of calcium ions by cardiomyocytes. In the healthy heart, the action potential leads to an increase in the level of intracellular calcium (and ...

Calcium in the mitochondria -- the energy factory of cells -- may be one of the keys to understanding and treating Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Researchers have now identified how an imbalance of ...

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Calcium in the mitochondria -- the energy factory of cells -- may be one of the keys to understanding and treating Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Researchers at the Center for Translational ...

The study – published in the American Journal of Physiology – Renal Physiology – reveals that sodium and calcium extraction are regulated by the same cellular systems, meaning that when the body tries ...