News tagged with calcium regulation

New study finds key mechanism in calcium regulation

All living cells keep their cellular calcium concentration at a very low level. Since a small increase in calcium can affect many critical cellular functions (an elevated calcium concentration over an extended period can ...

Neuroscience Jan 03, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A change of heart: Probing how chronic alcoholism alters cellular signaling of heart muscle

Beyond the personal tragedy of chronic alcoholism there is heartbreak in the biological sense, too. Scientists know severe alcoholism stresses the heart and that mitochondria, the cellular energy factories, are especially ...

Cardiology Feb 23, 2012 | not rated yet | 0