"Ion Channel Gating" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The opening and closing of ion channels due to a stimulus. The stimulus can be a change in membrane potential (voltage-gated), drugs or chemical transmitters (ligand-gated), or a mechanical deformation. Gating is thought to involve conformational changes of the ion channel which alters selective permeability.
| Descriptor ID |
D015640
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.087.800.400 G02.149.115.800.400 G04.299.500 G04.299.880.400 G07.265.337.500 G07.700.240.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Ion Channel Gating- Ion Channel Gating
- Gating, Ion Channel
- Gatings, Ion Channel
- Ion Channel Gatings
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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