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MeSH Heading: Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
Tree Number(s): D12.776.157.530.400.600.900; D12.776.543.550.450.750.900; D12.776.543.585.400.750.900
Unique ID: D024642
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D024642
Scope Note: Potassium channel whose permeability to ions is extremely sensitive to the transmembrane potential difference. The opening of these channels is induced by the membrane depolarization of the ACTION POTENTIAL.
Entry Version: K CHANNELS VOLTAGE GATED
Entry Term(s): Kv Potassium Channels; Potassium Channel, Voltage-Gated; Voltage-Gated K+ Channels; Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel; Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels
Previous Indexing: Potassium Channels (1981-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/08/03
Revision Date: 2016/07/01

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0371348
Scope Note: Potassium channel whose permeability to ions is extremely sensitive to the transmembrane potential difference. The opening of these channels is induced by the membrane depolarization of the ACTION POTENTIAL.
Terms: Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated Preferred Term
Term UI T426927
Date10/20/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels
Term UI T426928
Date10/20/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Voltage-Gated K+ Channels
Term UI T426929
Date10/20/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Potassium Channel, Voltage-Gated
Term UI T427216
Date10/26/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel
Term UI T427217
Date10/26/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Kv Potassium Channels
Term UI T631792
Date02/28/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006)

Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated MeSH Descriptor Data 2025