L-type Ca2+ Channel

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The L-type calcium channel is the dihydropyridinesensitive Cav1.2 calcium channel, that is essential for smooth muscle contraction and the target for the calcium channel blocker/calcium antagonists.

Calcium Channels – an Overview

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Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Marc D. Binder
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo Hongo, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo, Japan
Nobutaka Hirokawa
Göttingen, Germany
Uwe Windhorst

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(2009). L-type Ca²⁺ Channel. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_6171

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_6171
Published: 24 January 2024
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