 Potassium Channel Blockers
"Potassium Channel Blockers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of drugs that act by inhibition of potassium efflux through cell membranes. Blockade of potassium channels prolongs the duration of ACTION POTENTIALS. They are used as ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS and VASODILATOR AGENTS.
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D026902
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.519.562.500 D27.505.954.411.645
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Potassium Channel Blockers" by people in Profiles.
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Aretz CD, Vadukoot AK, Hopkins CR. Discovery of Small Molecule Renal Outer Medullary Potassium (ROMK) Channel Inhibitors: A Brief History of Medicinal Chemistry Approaches To Develop Novel Diuretic Therapeutics. J Med Chem. 2019 10 10; 62(19):8682-8694.
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Modrak M, Sundem L, Gupta R, Zuscik MJ, Elfar J. Pharmacological Attenuation of Electrical Effects in a Model of Compression Neuropathy. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Mar 20; 101(6):523-530.
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Tseng KC, Li H, Clark A, Sundem L, Zuscik M, Noble M, Elfar J. 4-Aminopyridine promotes functional recovery and remyelination in acute peripheral nerve injury. EMBO Mol Med. 2016 12; 8(12):1409-1420.
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Holdsworth CT, Ferguson SK, Poole DC, Musch TI. Modulation of rat skeletal muscle microvascular O2 pressure via KATP channel inhibition following the onset of contractions. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2016 Feb 01; 222:48-54.
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Shiraishi T, Tamura Y, Taniguchi K, Higaki M, Ueda S, Shima T, Nagura M, Nakagawa T, Johnson RJ, Uchida S. Combination of ACE inhibitor with nicorandil provides further protection in chronic kidney disease. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2014 Dec 15; 307(12):F1313-22.
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Meredith FL, Rennie KJ. Zonal variations in K+ currents in vestibular crista calyx terminals. J Neurophysiol. 2015 Jan 01; 113(1):264-76.
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Song Z, Levin BE, Stevens W, Sladek CD. Supraoptic oxytocin and vasopressin neurons function as glucose and metabolic sensors. . 2014 Apr 01; 306(7):R447-56.
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Mann SE, Johnson M, Meredith FL, Rennie KJ. Inhibition of K+ currents in type I vestibular hair cells by gentamicin and neomycin. Audiol Neurootol. 2013; 18(5):317-26.
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Robbins J, Passmore GM, Abogadie FC, Reilly JM, Brown DA. Effects of KCNQ2 gene truncation on M-type Kv7 potassium currents. PLoS One. 2013; 8(8):e71809.
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Reilly JM, Telezhkin V, Passmore GM, Marsh SJ, Brown DA. Kv7/M-type potassium channels in rat skin keratinocytes. Pflugers Arch. 2013 Sep; 465(9):1371-81.
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