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Ion Channels in Cellular Pathophysiology Part A

  • 1st Edition, Volume 97 - July 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Christopher Kushmerick, Luciana de Oliveira Andrade
  • Language: English

Ion Channels in Cellular Pathophysiology, Part A, Volume 97 in the Current Topics in Membranes series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting in… Read more

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Ion Channels in Cellular Pathophysiology, Part A, Volume 97 in the Current Topics in Membranes series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Possible therapeutic effects of essential oils on Na channels in experimental diabetic neuropathy, Modulation of ion channels by Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors, ATP-sensitive potassium channels in neurons: roles in and beyond metabolic control, Chemically induced cardiotoxicity: role of voltage dependent ion channels, Thyroid Hormone Deficiency-Induced Cardiac Ion Channel Dysfunction: Molecular Mechanisms and Arrhythmic Implications, and much more.

Additional chapters discuss Pathophysiological Insights into Ion Channel Dysregulation and Electrical Remodeling in Cardiac Cells During Trypanosoma cruzi Infection, Targeting Sodium Channels in Neuroblastoma: Implications for Cellular Physiology, Breast cancer and voltage ion channels, Alpha-helical charged peptides a new concept of NaV gating modifiers, Nerve electrophysiological alterations in experimental diabetic neuropathy, and Cardioprotective effect of natural products on doxorubicin-induced acute cardiotoxicity and cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury.

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Table of contents

1. Possible therapeutic effects of essential oils on Na channels in experimental diabetic neuropathy
Kerly Shamyra da Silva Alves

2. Modulation of ion channels by Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors
Christopher Kushmerick

3. ATP-sensitive potassium channels in neurons: roles in and beyond metabolic control
Ricardo Leão, Patrik Zarpellon, Daniela de Siqueira and Mariane Migliaccio

4. Chemically induced cardiotoxicity: role of voltage dependent ion channels
Danilo Roman-Campos, Aimee Odolari Durço, Jorge Lucas Teixeira Fonseca, Diego Jose Orts Y Belato, Michael Ramon de Lima Conceição and Julliane Vasconcelos Joviano-Santos

5. Thyroid Hormone Deficiency-Induced Cardiac Ion Channel Dysfunction: Molecular Mechanisms and Arrhythmic Implications
Diego Santos Souza, Luiz Fernando Santos Matos, Emanuel Barbosa Santos, Camila Souza Gama Rocha, Natalia Rocha Medeiros Marques and João Víctor Santos Gomes

6. Pathophysiological Insights into Ion Channel Dysregulation and Electrical Remodeling in Cardiac Cells During Trypanosoma cruzi Infection
Artur Santos-Miranda

7. Targeting Sodium Channels in Neuroblastoma: Implications for Cellular Physiology
Demétrius Antonio Machado de Araújo

8. Breast cancer and voltage ion channels
Andreia Laura Prates Rodrigues

9. alpha-helical charged peptides a new concept of NaV gating modifiers
Jader S. Cruz, Pedro VM Santos and Camila Dourado

10. Nerve electrophysiological alterations in experimental diabetic neuropathy
José Henrique Leal Cardoso

11. Cardioprotective effect of natural products on doxorubicin-induced acute cardiotoxicity and cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury
Sandra Lauton Santos and Sandra Lauton

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 97
  • Published: July 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Christopher Kushmerick

Christopher Kushmerick is a biophysicist and neurophysiologist specialized in cellular electrophysiology and synaptic transmission. He currently serves as a Professor of Pharmacology in the Department of Physiology at the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) in Brazil, having previously held a long-term professorship at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release and the modulation of ion channels. Key areas of investigation include short-term synaptic plasticity and neuromodulation by G-protein coupled receptors.

Affiliations and expertise
Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil

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Luciana de Oliveira Andrade

LucianaAndrade is at Federal University de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Affiliations and expertise
Federal University de Minas Gerais, Brazil