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The 43 pages that link to Ion channel, each with the reason it gives.

• NeuronRelated: Voltage- and ligand-gated channels create the currents underlying neuronal signals.

• NeuroscienceRelated: Ion channels create and regulate the electrical signals central to neural function.

• IonRelated: Ion movement through these channels underlies electrical and chemical signaling in cells.

• VenomRelated: Many neurotoxic venom components alter ion channels and disrupt electrical signaling.

• Membrane potentialRelated: Opening and closing channels changes ionic permeability and therefore membrane voltage.

• ChemoreceptionRelated: Some chemical stimuli open channels directly, changing sensory-cell electrical activity.

• Hydration shellRelated: An ion often must shed part of its hydration shell to enter a narrow pore.

• ChemoreceptorRelated: Some chemical sensors are ion channels, while others signal through intracellular pathways.

• ElectrophysiologyRelated: Channel opening and closing generates many cellular currents and voltage changes.

• Electric organRelated: Ion channels create the voltage changes that power electrocytes.

• Electric fishRelated: Ion channels generate the voltage changes used by electrocytes and sensory cells.

• Venom researchRelated: Many venom components alter ion channels to disrupt nerve or muscle activity.

• Cone snailRelated: Many conotoxins act by blocking or altering ion channels.

• XenopusRelated: Xenopus oocytes can express injected channel proteins for electrophysiological study.

• Nernst–Planck equationRelated: Continuum transport models use Nernst–Planck flux to approximate ion movement through channels.

• Passive transportRelated: Open channels provide a route for ions to move down electrochemical gradients.

• SarcolemmaRelated: Ion channels in the sarcolemma create and shape muscle-fiber electrical signals.

• Membrane potentialRelated: Channels provide pathways whose opening and selectivity affect membrane voltage.

• NeurophysicsRelated: Channel conductance links molecular structure to measurable neural currents.