sodium-potassium pump

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A mechanism of active transport that moves potassium ions into and sodium ions out of a cell.

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No references found			Atp1a3 makes an enzyme called a sodium-potassium pump that regulates levels of sodium and potassium in the brain's nerve cells. Scientists halt epilepsy in mice by Asian News International The sodium concentration gradient across the cellular membrance and the transmembrance sodium fluxes are regulated by the sodium-potassium pump, which plays an important role in cellular processes (2). The changes of some electrolytes after two months activity by Pourvaghar, M.J.; Shahsavar, A.R. / Journal of Social Sciences This allows the body to adjust its setpoint in the brain, increases noradrenalin activity which controls brown fat cell activity, and increases sodium-potassium pump activity. The continuing battle of the bulge! by Beaver, David / Palaestra			sodium hyposulfite sodium hyposulphite sodium iodide sodium lamp sodium lauryl sulfate sodium lauryl sulphate sodium nitrate sodium nitrite sodium orthophosphate sodium pentothal sodium perborate sodium peroxide sodium phosphate sodium propionate sodium pyrophosphate sodium salicylate sodium silicate sodium sulfate sodium sulfide sodium sulfite sodium sulphate sodium thiopental sodium thiosulfate sodium thiosulphate sodium tripolyphosphate sodium-potassium pump sodium-vapor lamp sodium-vapour lamp sodoku Sodom sodomise sodomist sodomite Sodomitical sodomize sodomy SOE Soekarno Soemba Soembawa Soenda Islands Soenda Strait Soerabaja Soeraticism Soeratism soever SOF sofa sofa bed sofa bedstead sofar			sodium versenate sodium wolframate sodium xanthate sodium xanthogenate Sodium Xylene Sulfonate Sodium Zirconium Phosphate Sodium+bicarbonate Sodium+bicarbonate Sodium+bicarbonate sodium-24 Sodium-Binding Furan Indicator sodium-calcium channels sodium-calcium channels sodium-calcium channels sodium-calcium feldspar Sodium-Controlled Reactor sodium-cooled reactor Sodium-Dependent High-Affinity Choline Uptake Sodium-Dependent Multivitamin Transporter Sodium-Dependent Neurotransmitter Transporter Sodium-Dependent Purine Nucleoside Transport Sodium-Glucose Linked Transporter Sodium-Glucose Luminal Cotransporter Sodium-Graphite Reactor Sodium-Graphite Reactor sodium-hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor sodium-line reversal temperature measurement sodium-potassium channels sodium-potassium channels sodium-potassium channels sodium-potassium pump sodium-potassium-ATPase pump sodium-potassium-ATPase pump sodium-potassium-ATPase pump Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Transporter 2 Sodium-Pump Test Facility sodium-restricted diet sodium-restricted diet sodium-restricted diet sodium-restricted diet sodium-restricted diets sodium-restricted diets sodium-restricted diets sodium-vapor lamp sodium-vapor lamp sodium-vapor lamps sodium-vapour lamp sodium-vapour lamp sodium-vapour lamps Sodium-Water Reaction Pressure Relief Subsystem Sodium/Potassium pump Sodium/Potassium pump Sodium/Potassium pump sodium/potassium ratio sodium/potassium ratio sodium/potassium ratio sodium/sulfur battery Sodium/Sulphur Sodiumamide sodiumN-methyldithiocarbamate dihydrate sodiumpara-aminobenzoate

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