A major class of calcium-activated potassium channels that are found primarily in excitable CELLS. They play important roles in the transmission of ACTION POTENTIALS and generate a long-lasting hyperpolarization known as the slow afterhyperpolarization.
Entry Term(s)
SK Potassium Channels
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Public MeSH Note
2006; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS was indexed under POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED 2004, & under POTASSIUM CHANNELS 1996-2004
A major class of calcium-activated potassium channels that are found primarily in excitable CELLS. They play important roles in the transmission of ACTION POTENTIALS and generate a long-lasting hyperpolarization known as the slow afterhyperpolarization.
