Ion channels voltage-dependent

Bezanilla, F. The voltage sensor in voltage dependent ion channels. Physiol. Rev. 80, 555-592, 2000. 

Nelson If you depolarize or hyperpolarize in the presence of vasopressin, does the Ca2+ go up or down Does it follow a Ca2+ electrochemical gradient, as you would expect for a non-voltage-dependent ion channel ... 

Figure 24. A plausible mechanism for the formation of voltage-dependent ion channels. Trapezoidal cylinders symbolize the transmembrane ion channel composed of assembles of uneven (cases a and b) or even (case c) aggregation number of the net negative ion pair 2, which is symbolized by at both surfaces of the membrane." ...

In electrical communication, changes in membrane potential are used to conduct a stimulus within a nerve cell. Changes in membrane potential can also be used for intercellular commimication. In this case, communication between the cells takes place via electrical synapses at which the potential change can be directly passed on to neighboring cell. Central components of electrical communication are voltage-dependent ion channels with open states regulated by changes in the membrane potential. 

Hanlon, M.R. and Wallace, B.A. (2002) Structure and function of voltage-dependent ion channel regulatory P subunits. Biochemistry 41, 2886-2894. 

When the first voltage-dependent ion channel was cloned and sequenced, it was recognized that the fourth transmembrane segment had a string of basic amino acids organized as one every three residues... 

Vacher, H., Mohapatra, D. R, Trimmer, J. S. (2008). Localization and targeting of voltage-dependent ion channels in mammalian central neurons. Physiological Reviews, 88, 1407—1447. 

Horn R 2000 A new twist in the saga of charge movement in voltage-dependent ion channels. euron 25 511—514... 

Weiss RE, Roberts WM, Stlihmer W, Aimers W 1986 Mobility of voltage-dependent ion channels and lectin receptors in the sarcolemma of frog skeletal muscle. J Gen Physiol 87 955-983... 

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