transient receptor potential channel: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	TRP channel

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graph showing electrical impulses

Diagram comparing action potential conduction in myelinated and unmyelinated axons, showing a neuron with labeled cell body, myelin sheath, nodes of Ranvier, and the flow of electrical signals along each type of axon.

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ion channel second messenger

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Ardem Patapoutian

American molecular biologist