clustering of voltage-gated sodium channels

Term ID

GO:0045162

Synonyms

• clustering of voltage gated sodium channels
• clustering of voltage-dependent sodium channels
• Nav channel clustering
• voltage-gated sodium channel clustering

Definition

The process in which voltage-gated sodium channels become localized together in high densities. In animals, nodes of Ranvier differ dramatically from internodal axonal regions in very high densities of voltage-dependent sodium (Nav) channels responsible for the rapid, inward ionic currents that produce membrane depolarization. 11456440

References

Ontology

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