Fast- or slow-inactivated state preference of Na+ channel inhibitors: a simulation and experimental study.

Sodium channels are one of the most intensively studied drug targets. Sodium channel inhibitors (e.g., local anesthetics, anticonvulsants, antiarrhythmics and analgesics) exert their effect by stabilizing an inactivated conformation of the channels. Besides the fast-inactivated conformation, sodium...

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Main Authors: Robert Karoly, Nora Lenkey, Andras O Juhasz, E Sylvester Vizi, Arpad Mike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2887460?pdf=render