These include the hair cells of the mammalian inner ear and the touch receptor cells of both human finger pads and Venus fly traps. Cells that respond to touch have their ion channel receptors ...

Their findings are published in Science Advances. Cys-loop receptors are ligand-gated ion channels with two domains connected by a short linker. The top domain is located extracellularly ...

In a new study, a team led by medical researchers at The Ohio State University has determined that these vesicles contain an ion channel—a protein that opens a corridor allowing electrical ...