Nature

Spreading depolarization can cause secondary injury after TBI

After acute injury to the brain, neurons at the damage epicentre depolarize, and this depression of activity spreads outward in waves through the cortex. A recently published study sheds light on how ...
The Connecticut Mirror

The depolarization challenge. Will you try it?

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JSTOR Daily

Membrane Depolarization Causes a Direct Activation of G Protein-Coupled Receptors Leading to Local Ca²⁺ Release in Smooth Muscle

Membrane depolarization activates voltage-dependent Ca²⁺ channels (VDCCs) inducing Ca²⁺ release via ryanodine receptors (RyRs), which is obligatory for skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction and ...
Columbus Dispatch

'It answers a call': Depolarization workshop encourages Ohioans on both sides of political divide to practice empathy

Despite political animosity lingering on news broadcasts, Facebook feeds and dinner tables after President Joe Biden's inauguration last week — just two weeks after thousands stormed the U.S. Capitol ...
News Medical

Researchers identify seizure-associated depolarization as cause of post-ictal symptoms

People with temporal lobe epilepsy in particular often wander around aimlessly and unconsciously after a seizure. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn, and the ...