Overview
- Reviews exhaustively the key recent research into Na+ channels and related diseases
- Broadens our understanding on Na+ channels and their associated diseases
- Summarizes the latest studies on the physiopathology of Na+ channels
Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology (HEP, volume 246)
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About this book
This book provides a timely state-of-the-art overview of voltage-gated sodium channels, their structure-function, their pharmacology and related diseases. Among the topics discussed are the structural basis of Na+ channel function, methodological advances in the study of Na+ channels, their pathophysiology and drugs and toxins interactions with these channels and their associated channelopathies.
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Evolution of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels
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The Structural Basis of Sodium Channel Function
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Drugs and Toxins Interactions with Sodium Channels
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Pathophysiology of Sodium Channels
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Mohamed Chahine is a Professor at the Department of Medicine of Université Laval and Head of the Laboratory of Cellular Electrophysiology at the CERVO Brain Research Center of the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec. He has published over 160 articles in refereed journals as well as several book chapters in the field of voltage-gated Na+ channels and related diseases. Dr. Chahine has served or is currently serving on various committees of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. He is associate editor of Frontiers Journal and editor of Scientific Reports. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology (Canada), the World Journal of Cardiology (China), the Journal of Cardiovascular Research (USA), Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology (USA), and the Journal of Cardiology and Therapy (Hong Kong). He has also organized several national and International symposia and workshops on the role ofion channels in disease. Dr. Chahine has been invited to present his research at several national and international conferences and academic institutions.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Voltage-gated Sodium Channels: Structure, Function and Channelopathies
Editors: Mohamed Chahine
Series Title: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90284-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90283-8Published: 14 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07982-6Published: 10 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90284-5Published: 04 June 2018
Series ISSN: 0171-2004
Series E-ISSN: 1865-0325
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 450
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Human Genetics, Human Physiology, Protein Structure