M channels

Voltage sensitive K channels inactivated by acetylcholine. ACh acting at muscarinic AChR's produces an internal messenger that turns off this class of K channel. A mechanism for regulating the sensitivity of cells to synaptic input.

(18 Nov 1997)


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