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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels


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Gerald W. Zamponi
University of Calgary


ISBN: 978-0-306-47840-6
Pub date: 2005-01-26
377 pages
103 figures
6 color pages


Table of contents

Role and sources of intracellular calcium
Paul Schnetkamp

Techniques to study changes in cellullar calcium
Mac Vicar

History of calcium channels, subtypes of native calcium channels
Dick Tsien

Biochemical characterization of calcium channels
Bill Catterall

Structure, subunit composition and splicing of calcium channels
Terry Snutch

Role of the beta subunit in calcium channel function
Pierre Charnet

Calcium channel targeting and distribution
Stefan Herlitze

Calcium channels and the exocytotic machinery
Elis Stanley

G protein regulation of calcium channels
Conan Cooper and Gerald Zamponi

Regulation of calcium channels by protein phosphorylation
Brett Adams

Calcium sensitive inactivation
Amy Lee and Bill Catterall

Voltage dependent inactivation of calcium channels
Stephanie Stotz and Gerald Zamponi

Permeation and divalent cation block of voltage gated calcium channels
Bill Sather

The rundown phenomenon
Christoph Romanin

Calcium channels as therapeutic targets
Francesco Bellardetti

Calcium channelopathies
Kurt Beam

Drug interaction sites on voltage gated calcium channels
Joerg Striessnig

Role of the inactivated state in calcium channel block
Steffen Hering

Block of calcium channels by toxin peptides
Dave Adams

Calcium channels and gene transcription
Terry Snutch

Calcium channels and EC coupling
Kurt Beam

Role of calcium channels in the heart
Joel Nargeot

Role of T-type calcium channels in neuronal physiology
Emmanuel Bourinet

Role of calcium channels in sensory transduction?
Steve Barnes and Mel Kelly

Calcium channel knockouts
Joerg Striessnig