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Bruce Palmer Bean, Ph.D.

TitleRobert Winthrop Professor of Neurobiology
InstitutionHarvard Medical School
DepartmentNeurobiology
AddressHarvard Medical School
Neurobiology Rm 301
220 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115
Phone617/432-1139
Fax617/734-7557

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  1. Puopolo M, Binshtok AM, Yao GL, Oh SB, Woolf CJ, Bean BP. Permeation and block of TRPV1 channels by the cationic lidocaine derivative QX-314. J Neurophysiol. 2013 Apr; 109(7):1704-12.
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  2. Brenneis C, Kistner K, Puopolo M, Segal D, Roberson D, Sisignano M, Labocha S, Ferreirós N, Strominger A, Cobos EJ, Ghasemlou N, Geisslinger G, Reeh PW, Bean BP, Woolf CJ. Phenotyping the function of TRPV1-expressing sensory neurons by targeted axonal silencing. J Neurosci. 2013 Jan 2; 33(1):315-26.
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  3. Carter BC, Giessel AJ, Sabatini BL, Bean BP. Transient sodium current at subthreshold voltages: activation by EPSP waveforms. Neuron. 2012 Sep 20; 75(6):1081-93.
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  4. Liu P, Jo S, Bean BP. Modulation of neuronal sodium channels by the sea anemone peptide BDS-I. J Neurophysiol. 2012 Jun; 107(11):3155-67.
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  5. Roberson DP, Binshtok AM, Blasl F, Bean BP, Woolf CJ. Targeting of sodium channel blockers into nociceptors to produce long-duration analgesia: a systematic study and review. Br J Pharmacol. 2011 Sep; 164(1):48-58.
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  6. Bosmans F, Puopolo M, Martin-Eauclaire MF, Bean BP, Swartz KJ. Functional properties and toxin pharmacology of a dorsal root ganglion sodium channel viewed through its voltage sensors. J Gen Physiol. 2011 Jul; 138(1):59-72.
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  7. Jo S, Bean BP. Inhibition of neuronal voltage-gated sodium channels by brilliant blue G. Mol Pharmacol. 2011 Aug; 80(2):247-57.
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  8. Carter BC, Bean BP. Incomplete inactivation and rapid recovery of voltage-dependent sodium channels during high-frequency firing in cerebellar Purkinje neurons. J Neurophysiol. 2011 Feb; 105(2):860-71.
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  9. Milescu LS, Bean BP, Smith JC. Isolation of somatic Na+ currents by selective inactivation of axonal channels with a voltage prepulse. J Neurosci. 2010 Jun 2; 30(22):7740-8.
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  10. Khaliq ZM, Bean BP. Pacemaking in dopaminergic ventral tegmental area neurons: depolarizing drive from background and voltage-dependent sodium conductances. J Neurosci. 2010 May 26; 30(21):7401-13.
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  11. Kim HY, Kim K, Li HY, Chung G, Park CK, Kim JS, Jung SJ, Lee MK, Ahn DK, Hwang SJ, Kang Y, Binshtok AM, Bean BP, Woolf CJ, Oh SB. Selectively targeting pain in the trigeminal system. Pain. 2010 Jul; 150(1):29-40.
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  12. Cannon SC, Bean BP. Sodium channels gone wild: resurgent current from neuronal and muscle channelopathies. J Clin Invest. 2010 Jan; 120(1):80-3.
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  13. Carter BC, Bean BP. Sodium entry during action potentials of mammalian neurons: incomplete inactivation and reduced metabolic efficiency in fast-spiking neurons. Neuron. 2009 Dec 24; 64(6):898-909.
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  14. Binshtok AM, Gerner P, Oh SB, Puopolo M, Suzuki S, Roberson DP, Herbert T, Wang CF, Kim D, Chung G, Mitani AA, Wang GK, Bean BP, Woolf CJ. Coapplication of lidocaine and the permanently charged sodium channel blocker QX-314 produces a long-lasting nociceptive blockade in rodents. Anesthesiology. 2009 Jul; 111(1):127-37.
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  15. Bean BP. Inhibition by an excitatory conductance: a paradox explained. Nat Neurosci. 2009 May; 12(5):530-2.
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  16. Binshtok AM, Wang H, Zimmermann K, Amaya F, Vardeh D, Shi L, Brenner GJ, Ji RR, Bean BP, Woolf CJ, Samad TA. Nociceptors are interleukin-1beta sensors. J Neurosci. 2008 Dec 24; 28(52):14062-73.
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  17. Gerner P, Binshtok AM, Wang CF, Hevelone ND, Bean BP, Woolf CJ, Wang GK. Capsaicin combined with local anesthetics preferentially prolongs sensory/nociceptive block in rat sciatic nerve. Anesthesiology. 2008 Nov; 109(5):872-8.
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  18. Khaliq ZM, Bean BP. Dynamic, nonlinear feedback regulation of slow pacemaking by A-type potassium current in ventral tegmental area neurons. J Neurosci. 2008 Oct 22; 28(43):10905-17.
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  19. Binshtok AM, Bean BP, Woolf CJ. Inhibition of nociceptors by TRPV1-mediated entry of impermeant sodium channel blockers. Nature. 2007 Oct 4; 449(7162):607-10.
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  20. Jackson AC, Bean BP. State-dependent enhancement of subthreshold A-type potassium current by 4-aminopyridine in tuberomammillary nucleus neurons. J Neurosci. 2007 Oct 3; 27(40):10785-96.
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  21. Bean BP. Neurophysiology: stressful pacemaking. Nature. 2007 Jun 28; 447(7148):1059-60.
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  22. Bean BP. The action potential in mammalian central neurons. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2007 Jun; 8(6):451-65.
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  23. Puopolo M, Raviola E, Bean BP. Roles of subthreshold calcium current and sodium current in spontaneous firing of mouse midbrain dopamine neurons. J Neurosci. 2007 Jan 17; 27(3):645-56.
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  24. Martina M, Metz AE, Bean BP. Voltage-dependent potassium currents during fast spikes of rat cerebellar Purkinje neurons: inhibition by BDS-I toxin. J Neurophysiol. 2007 Jan; 97(1):563-71.
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  25. Puopolo M, Bean BP, Raviola E. Spontaneous activity of isolated dopaminergic periglomerular cells of the main olfactory bulb. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Nov; 94(5):3618-27.
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  26. Swensen AM, Bean BP. Robustness of burst firing in dissociated purkinje neurons with acute or long-term reductions in sodium conductance. J Neurosci. 2005 Apr 6; 25(14):3509-20.
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  27. Bean BP. The molecular machinery of resurgent sodium current revealed. Neuron. 2005 Jan 20; 45(2):185-7.
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  28. McDonough SI, Mori Y, Bean BP. FPL 64176 modification of Ca(V)1.2 L-type calcium channels: dissociation of effects on ionic current and gating current. Biophys J. 2005 Jan; 88(1):211-23.
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  29. Jackson AC, Yao GL, Bean BP. Mechanism of spontaneous firing in dorsomedial suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons. J Neurosci. 2004 Sep 15; 24(37):7985-98.
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  30. Do MT, Bean BP. Sodium currents in subthalamic nucleus neurons from Nav1.6-null mice. J Neurophysiol. 2004 Aug; 92(2):726-33.
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  31. Blair NT, Bean BP. Role of tetrodotoxin-resistant Na+ current slow inactivation in adaptation of action potential firing in small-diameter dorsal root ganglion neurons. J Neurosci. 2003 Nov 12; 23(32):10338-50.
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  32. Swensen AM, Bean BP. Ionic mechanisms of burst firing in dissociated Purkinje neurons. J Neurosci. 2003 Oct 22; 23(29):9650-63.
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  33. Do MT, Bean BP. Subthreshold sodium currents and pacemaking of subthalamic neurons: modulation by slow inactivation. Neuron. 2003 Jul 3; 39(1):109-20.
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  34. Martina M, Yao GL, Bean BP. Properties and functional role of voltage-dependent potassium channels in dendrites of rat cerebellar Purkinje neurons. J Neurosci. 2003 Jul 2; 23(13):5698-707.
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  35. Mitterdorfer J, Bean BP. Potassium currents during the action potential of hippocampal CA3 neurons. J Neurosci. 2002 Dec 1; 22(23):10106-15.
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  36. Blair NT, Bean BP. Roles of tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive Na+ current, TTX-resistant Na+ current, and Ca2+ current in the action potentials of nociceptive sensory neurons. J Neurosci. 2002 Dec 1; 22(23):10277-90.
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  37. McDonough SI, Boland LM, Mintz IM, Bean BP. Interactions among toxins that inhibit N-type and P-type calcium channels. J Gen Physiol. 2002 Apr; 119(4):313-28.
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  38. Taddese A, Bean BP. Subthreshold sodium current from rapidly inactivating sodium channels drives spontaneous firing of tuberomammillary neurons. Neuron. 2002 Feb 14; 33(4):587-600.
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  39. Raman IM, Bean BP. Inactivation and recovery of sodium currents in cerebellar Purkinje neurons: evidence for two mechanisms. Biophys J. 2001 Feb; 80(2):729-37.
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  40. Bean BP. Modulating modulation. J Gen Physiol. 2000 Mar; 115(3):273-5.
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  41. Greif GJ, Sodickson DL, Bean BP, Neer EJ, Mende U. Altered regulation of potassium and calcium channels by GABA(B) and adenosine receptors in hippocampal neurons from mice lacking Galpha(o). J Neurophysiol. 2000 Feb; 83(2):1010-8.
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  42. Raman IM, Bean BP. Properties of sodium currents and action potential firing in isolated cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1999 Apr 30; 868:93-6.
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  43. Burgess DL, Biddlecome GH, McDonough SI, Diaz ME, Zilinski CA, Bean BP, Campbell KP, Noebels JL. beta subunit reshuffling modifies N- and P/Q-type Ca2+ channel subunit compositions in lethargic mouse brain. Mol Cell Neurosci. 1999 Apr; 13(4):293-311.
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  44. Raman IM, Bean BP. Ionic currents underlying spontaneous action potentials in isolated cerebellar Purkinje neurons. J Neurosci. 1999 Mar 1; 19(5):1663-74.
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  45. McDonough SI, Bean BP. Mibefradil inhibition of T-type calcium channels in cerebellar purkinje neurons. Mol Pharmacol. 1998 Dec; 54(6):1080-7.
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  46. Sodickson DL, Bean BP. Neurotransmitter activation of inwardly rectifying potassium current in dissociated hippocampal CA3 neurons: interactions among multiple receptors. J Neurosci. 1998 Oct 15; 18(20):8153-62.
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  47. Feigenspan A, Gustincich S, Bean BP, Raviola E. Spontaneous activity of solitary dopaminergic cells of the retina. J Neurosci. 1998 Sep 1; 18(17):6776-89.
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  48. Bean BP, McDonough SI. Two for T. Neuron. 1998 May; 20(5):825-8.
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  49. McDonough SI, Lampe RA, Keith RA, Bean BP. Voltage-dependent inhibition of N- and P-type calcium channels by the peptide toxin omega-grammotoxin-SIA. Mol Pharmacol. 1997 Dec; 52(6):1095-104.
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  50. Raman IM, Sprunger LK, Meisler MH, Bean BP. Altered subthreshold sodium currents and disrupted firing patterns in Purkinje neurons of Scn8a mutant mice. Neuron. 1997 Oct; 19(4):881-91.
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  51. Raman IM, Bean BP. Resurgent sodium current and action potential formation in dissociated cerebellar Purkinje neurons. J Neurosci. 1997 Jun 15; 17(12):4517-26.
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  52. McDonough SI, Mintz IM, Bean BP. Alteration of P-type calcium channel gating by the spider toxin omega-Aga-IVA. Biophys J. 1997 May; 72(5):2117-28.
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  53. Sodickson DL, Bean BP. GABAB receptor-activated inwardly rectifying potassium current in dissociated hippocampal CA3 neurons. J Neurosci. 1996 Oct 15; 16(20):6374-85.
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  54. McDonough SI, Swartz KJ, Mintz IM, Boland LM, Bean BP. Inhibition of calcium channels in rat central and peripheral neurons by omega-conotoxin MVIIC. J Neurosci. 1996 Apr 15; 16(8):2612-23.
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  55. Cardozo DL, Bean BP. Voltage-dependent calcium channels in rat midbrain dopamine neurons: modulation by dopamine and GABAB receptors. J Neurophysiol. 1995 Sep; 74(3):1137-48.
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  56. Kuo CC, Bean BP. Slow binding of phenytoin to inactivated sodium channels in rat hippocampal neurons. Mol Pharmacol. 1994 Oct; 46(4):716-25.
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  57. Boland LM, Morrill JA, Bean BP. omega-Conotoxin block of N-type calcium channels in frog and rat sympathetic neurons. J Neurosci. 1994 Aug; 14(8):5011-27.
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  58. Kuo CC, Bean BP. Na+ channels must deactivate to recover from inactivation. Neuron. 1994 Apr; 12(4):819-29.
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  59. Bean B. Taking the beta test. Nature. 1994 Mar 3; 368(6466):15-6.
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  60. Sah DW, Bean BP. Inhibition of P-type and N-type calcium channels by dopamine receptor antagonists. Mol Pharmacol. 1994 Jan; 45(1):84-92.
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  61. Mintz IM, Bean BP. Block of calcium channels in rat neurons by synthetic omega-Aga-IVA. Neuropharmacology. 1993 Nov; 32(11):1161-9.
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  62. Adams ME, Mintz IM, Reily MD, Thanabal V, Bean BP. Structure and properties of omega-agatoxin IVB, a new antagonist of P-type calcium channels. Mol Pharmacol. 1993 Oct; 44(4):681-8.
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  63. Kuo CC, Bean BP. G-protein modulation of ion permeation through N-type calcium channels. Nature. 1993 Sep 16; 365(6443):258-62.
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  64. Mintz IM, Bean BP. GABAB receptor inhibition of P-type Ca2+ channels in central neurons. Neuron. 1993 May; 10(5):889-98.
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  65. Boland LM, Bean BP. Modulation of N-type calcium channels in bullfrog sympathetic neurons by luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone: kinetics and voltage dependence. J Neurosci. 1993 Feb; 13(2):516-33.
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  66. Swartz KJ, Merritt A, Bean BP, Lovinger DM. Protein kinase C modulates glutamate receptor inhibition of Ca2+ channels and synaptic transmission. Nature. 1993 Jan 14; 361(6408):165-8.
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  67. Swartz KJ, Bean BP. Inhibition of calcium channels in rat CA3 pyramidal neurons by a metabotropic glutamate receptor. J Neurosci. 1992 Nov; 12(11):4358-71.
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  68. Hillyard DR, Monje VD, Mintz IM, Bean BP, Nadasdi L, Ramachandran J, Miljanich G, Azimi-Zoonooz A, McIntosh JM, Cruz LJ, et al. A new Conus peptide ligand for mammalian presynaptic Ca2+ channels. Neuron. 1992 Jul; 9(1):69-77.
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  69. Mintz IM, Adams ME, Bean BP. P-type calcium channels in rat central and peripheral neurons. Neuron. 1992 Jul; 9(1):85-95.
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  70. Bean BP. Pharmacology and electrophysiology of ATP-activated ion channels. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 1992 Mar; 13(3):87-90.
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  71. Mintz IM, Venema VJ, Swiderek KM, Lee TD, Bean BP, Adams ME. P-type calcium channels blocked by the spider toxin omega-Aga-IVA. Nature. 1992 Feb 27; 355(6363):827-9.
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  72. Bean BP. Whole-cell recording of calcium channel currents. Methods Enzymol. 1992; 207:181-93.
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  73. Mintz IM, Venema VJ, Adams ME, Bean BP. Inhibition of N- and L-type Ca2+ channels by the spider venom toxin omega-Aga-IIIA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Aug 1; 88(15):6628-31.
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  74. Bean BP. Pharmacology of calcium channels in cardiac muscle, vascular muscle, and neurons. Am J Hypertens. 1991 Jul; 4(7 Pt 2):406S-411S.
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  75. Regan LJ, Sah DW, Bean BP. Ca2+ channels in rat central and peripheral neurons: high-threshold current resistant to dihydropyridine blockers and omega-conotoxin. Neuron. 1991 Feb; 6(2):269-80.
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  76. Bean B. Calcium channels. Gating for the physiologist. Nature. 1990 Nov 15; 348(6298):192-3.
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  77. Friel DD, Bean BP. Dual control by ATP and acetylcholine of inwardly rectifying K+ channels in bovine atrial cells. Pflugers Arch. 1990 Mar; 415(6):651-7.
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  78. Bean BP, Friel DD. ATP-activated channels in excitable cells. Ion Channels. 1990; 2:169-203.
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  79. Bean BP. ATP-activated channels in rat and bullfrog sensory neurons: concentration dependence and kinetics. J Neurosci. 1990 Jan; 10(1):1-10.
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  80. Bean BP, Williams CA, Ceelen PW. ATP-activated channels in rat and bullfrog sensory neurons: current-voltage relation and single-channel behavior. J Neurosci. 1990 Jan; 10(1):11-9.
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  81. Bean BP. Neurotransmitter inhibition of neuronal calcium currents by changes in channel voltage dependence. Nature. 1989 Jul 13; 340(6229):153-6.
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  82. Bean BP, Rios E. Nonlinear charge movement in mammalian cardiac ventricular cells. Components from Na and Ca channel gating. J Gen Physiol. 1989 Jul; 94(1):65-93.
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  83. Bean B. More than a Ca2+ channel? Trends Neurosci. 1989 Apr; 12(4):128-30.
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  84. Bean BP. Classes of calcium channels in vertebrate cells. Annu Rev Physiol. 1989; 51:367-84.
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  85. Bean BP. Multiple types of calcium channels in heart muscle and neurons. Modulation by drugs and neurotransmitters. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1989; 560:334-45.
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  86. Huettner JE, Bean BP. Block of N-methyl-D-aspartate-activated current by the anticonvulsant MK-801: selective binding to open channels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Feb; 85(4):1307-11.
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  87. Friel DD, Bean BP. Two ATP-activated conductances in bullfrog atrial cells. J Gen Physiol. 1988 Jan; 91(1):1-27.
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  88. Triggle DJ, Lazdunski M, Bean BP. [Calcium channels and calcium antagonists]. Med Monatsschr Pharm. 1986 Dec; 9(12):363-4.
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  89. Bean BP, Sturek M, Puga A, Hermsmeyer K. Calcium channels in muscle cells isolated from rat mesenteric arteries: modulation by dihydropyridine drugs. Circ Res. 1986 Aug; 59(2):229-35.
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  90. Tsien RW, Bean BP, Hess P, Lansman JB, Nilius B, Nowycky MC. Mechanisms of calcium channel modulation by beta-adrenergic agents and dihydropyridine calcium agonists. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1986 Jul; 18(7):691-710.
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  91. Bean BP. Two kinds of calcium channels in canine atrial cells. Differences in kinetics, selectivity, and pharmacology. J Gen Physiol. 1985 Jul; 86(1):1-30.
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  92. Bean BP. Nitrendipine block of cardiac calcium channels: high-affinity binding to the inactivated state. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1984 Oct; 81(20):6388-92.
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  93. Cohen CJ, Bean BP, Tsien RW. Maximal upstroke velocity as an index of available sodium conductance. Comparison of maximal upstroke velocity and voltage clamp measurements of sodium current in rabbit Purkinje fibers. Circ Res. 1984 Jun; 54(6):636-51.
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  94. Bean BP, Nowycky MC, Tsien RW. Beta-adrenergic modulation of calcium channels in frog ventricular heart cells. Nature. 1984 Jan 26-Feb 1; 307(5949):371-5.
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  95. Bean BP, Cohen CJ, Tsien RW. Lidocaine block of cardiac sodium channels. J Gen Physiol. 1983 May; 81(5):613-42.
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  96. Tsien RW, Bean BP, Hess P, Nowycky M. Calcium channels: mechanisms of beta-adrenergic modulation and ion permeation. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1983; 48 Pt 1:201-12.
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  97. Cohen CJ, Bean BP, Colatsky TJ, Tsien RW. Tetrodotoxin block of sodium channels in rabbit Purkinje fibers. Interactions between toxin binding and channel gating. J Gen Physiol. 1981 Oct; 78(4):383-411.
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  98. Bean BP. Sodium channel inactivation in the crayfish giant axon. Must channels open before inactivating? Biophys J. 1981 Sep; 35(3):595-614.
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  99. Bean BP, Shrager P, Goldstein DA. Modification of sodium and potassium channel gating kinetics by ether and halothane. J Gen Physiol. 1981 Mar; 77(3):233-53.
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