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Aldrich, Richard W. |
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The University of Texas at Austin |
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Physiology and Pharmacology |
| Secondary Field
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Biophysics and Computational Biology |
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Aldrich has pioneered the study of physical mechanisms that determine whether ion channels are open or closed. He demonstrated a ""ball-and-chain"" mechanism for shutting off potassium channels, and delineated how depolarization and calcium operate jointly to open calcium-activated potassium channels, illuminating channel inactivation and activation. |
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