• Calcium buffering describes the processes which help stabilise the concentration of free calcium ions within cells, in a similar manner to how pH buffers...
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    laryngeal muscles present a constitutive Ca2+-buffering profile that predicts their better ability to handle calcium changes in comparison to other muscles....
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    running a calcium reactor if that low pH isn't mitigated. To counteract that effect, many manufacturers offer reactors with secondary buffering chambers...
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    sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium-buffering capacity. This means that abrupt changes in sarcoplasmic total calcium will be buffered less and therefore translate...
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    they have a lower calcium-buffering capacity and a type of glutamate receptor (the AMPA receptor) that is more permeable to calcium. In ALS, there are...
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    Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CaCO3. It is a common substance found in rocks as the minerals calcite and aragonite...
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    is moderated by calcium buffers, which bind a large proportion of intracellular calcium. As a result, a large increase in total calcium leads to a relatively...
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    Carnosine (section pH buffer)
    Holger; Smith, Godfrey (2023-06-16). "Physiology of intracellular calcium buffering" (PDF). Physiological Reviews. 103 (4): 2767–2845. doi:10.1152/physrev...
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    well-established in Parkinson's. Increased oxidative stress and reduced calcium buffering may contribute to neurodegeneration. The finding that MPP+—a respiratory...
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  • nerve and glia), proton channel (with Bob Meech), pH buffering, calcium regulation and calcium buffering with some electrical excitability thrown in. Thomas...
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    Marques MJ, Khurana TS, Santo Neto H (June 2015). "Expression of calcium-buffering proteins in rat intrinsic laryngeal muscles". Physiological Reports...
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    more rapidly in atrial myocytes, with a corresponding increase in calcium buffering capacity. The complement of ion channels differs between chambers...
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    cytoplasm to cause a calcium spark. The sarcoplasmic reticulum has a large calcium buffering capacity partially due to a calcium-binding protein called...
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  • potassium and magnesium, while other ones contain calcium and/or magnesium (depending on whether or not the buffer is used on live or fixed tissue: the latter...
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    Coir (section Buffering)
    before use as a growth medium for plants or fungi by soaking in a calcium buffering solution; most coir sold for growing purposes is said to be pre-treated...
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    Calsequestrin is a calcium-binding protein that acts as a calcium buffer within the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The protein helps hold calcium in the cisterna...
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    needs (especially for removal of calcium after depolarization), buffering the calcium by allowing uptake of calcium into the mitochondria, and providing...
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    mechanism for cognitive enhancement in aged dogs with the use of a calcium-buffering protein | Journal of Veterinary Behavior". Journal of Veterinary Behavior...
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    increased calcium absorption by the cell and thus brings about cell death, specifically of neuronal cells which have particularly low calcium buffering capabilities...
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    problems. Calcium acetate binds phosphate in the diet to lower blood phosphate levels. Calcium acetate is used as a food additive, as a stabilizer, buffer and...
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    Ricci AJ, Wu YC, Fettiplace R (15 October 1998). "The endogenous calcium buffer and the time course of transducer adaptation in auditory hair cells"...
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    is partially responsible for calcium buffering in the lumen of the sarcoplasmic reticulum and helps out calcium pump proteins. Additionally, sarcalumenin...
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    levels of calcium-permeable AMPARs, which, combined with reduced calcium-buffering capacity, make them vulnerable to excitotoxicity. Alterations in AMPAR...
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    Bicarbonate serves a crucial biochemical role in the physiological pH buffering system. The term "bicarbonate" was coined in 1814 by the English chemist...
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    metaplasticity may be due to changes in NMDA receptors, altered calcium buffering, altered states of kinases or phosphatases and a priming of protein...
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  • component of cardioplegia, in addition to its role in this reaction, as a buffering solution to assist in maintaining intracellular pH. A high concentration...
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    usually express it. These are mainly in GABA cells expressing the calcium-buffering protein parvalbumin (PV), which exhibits fast-spiking firing properties...
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  • sodium-calcium exchanger (often denoted Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, exchange protein, or NCX) is an antiporter membrane protein that removes calcium from cells...
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    Calcium signaling is the use of calcium ions (Ca2+) to communicate and drive intracellular processes often as a step in signal transduction. Ca2+ is important...
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    active calcium-binding domains, and 2 modified domains that have lost their calcium-binding capacity. Calbindin acts as a calcium buffer and calcium sensor...
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