CHANNELS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does channels mean? 

• CHANNELS (noun)
  The noun CHANNELS has 1 sense:

1. official routes of communication

  Familiarity information: CHANNELS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANNELS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Official routes of communication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

you have to go through channels

Hypernyms ("channels" is a kind of...):

transmission (communication by means of transmitted signals)

 Context examples 

Cadmium can enter cells through calcium ion channels and once in cells affects calcium release by the ER.

(Cadmium Induction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This leads to an increase in the duration of GABA-mediated opening of chloride channels and enhances the inhibitory effect of GABA.

(Butalbital, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, buprenorphine closes N-type voltage-gated calcium channels and opens calcium-dependent inwardly rectifying potassium channels, resulting in hyperpolarization, reduced neuronal excitability, analgesia and sedation.

(Buprenorphine Transdermal Matrix Patch, NCI Thesaurus)

Cells use this external source of signal Ca2+ by activating various entry channels with widely different properties.

(Calcium-Mediated Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

During cell migration calpain1 (mu-calpain) acts at the leading edge as a response to integrin signals or calcium fluctuations due to the stretch activated calcium channels.

(Calpain-2 Cell Motility Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This leads to an increase in the opening of chloride channels, membrane hyperpolarization and increases the inhibitory effect of GABA on the CNS.

(Brotizolam, NCI Thesaurus)

Bepridil hydrochloride blocks calcium entry through membranous calcium channels of coronary and peripheral vascular smooth muscle, thereby dilating coronary arteries and peripheral arterioles.

(Bepridil Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign circumscribed smooth muscle neoplasm characterized by the presence of a large number of vascular channels within the neoplasm.

(Angioleiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of fibroma characterized by the presence of numerous dilated vascular channels.

(Angiofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

Amiloride inhibits sodium channels located in the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the kidney, thereby preventing the absorption of sodium and increasing its excretion along with water, to produce naturesis.

(Amiloride, NCI Thesaurus)