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Images showing the Kv3.3 potassium channel protein (red), cellular nuclei (blue) and neuronal processes (green) within the brainstem. The purpose of certain proteins in the brain, known as ion channels, is to regulate how nerve cells fire, or send information. Mutations in a channel known as Kv3.3 causes a rare degenerative disease that affects balance and mobility in young patients, even newborns, but that can also begin in middle age.
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