Sodium channel blockers are medications that help reduce abnormal electrical activity in the heart. They can also lower the risk of severe complications such as stroke or sudden cardiac death. Sodium ...

Researchers have uncovered how sodium is able to control specific potassium ion channels in cells, according to new study findings published online in Nature Chemical Biology. Virginia Commonwealth ...

Atomic-level studies of the architecture of tiny sodium channel proteins, critical to generating electrical signals that start off each beat of the heart, are imparting striking details about their ...