Nervous system discovery could inform stroke, pain therapies

OHSU researchers reveal ion channel that could be target for medications

By Erik Robinson March 07, 2018 Portland, Ore.

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Eric Gouaux, Ph.D., senior scientist in the OHSU Vollum Institute. (OHSU)

Researcher Nate Yoder looks at a cryo-EM density map, March 6, 2018 at the OHSU Vollum Institute. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Ion channel

Researcher Nate Yoder looks protein crystals of acid-sensing ion channels grown at high pH, March 6, 2018 at OHSU Vollum Institute. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Nate Yoder

Nate Yoder, a researcher in the Gouaux Lab.(OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Ion channel

Scientists at OHSU used advanced imaging techniques to ascertain the resting state of an acid-sensing ion channel. This cryo-EM density map shows the atomic structure of a key molecular component of the nervous system. (OHSU)