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SUBMITTER: Huang H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4124865 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Hua H Ng Cheng Yang CY Yu Dejie D Zhai Jing J Lam Yulin Y Soong Tuck Wah TW
Nature communications 20140724
Two voltage-gated calcium channel subtypes-CaV1.2 and CaV1.3-underlie the major L-type Ca(2+) currents in the mammalian central nervous system. Owing to their high sequence homology, the two channel subtypes share similar pharmacological properties, and at high doses classic calcium channel blockers, such as dihydropyridines, phenylalkylamines and benzothiazepines, do not discriminate between the two channel subtypes. Recent progress in treating Parkinson's disease (PD) was marked by the discove ...[more]