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Structural snapshots capture an ataxia-linked overactive ion channel in its open state and reveal a druggable site for inhibition.

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Voltage-gated sodium channels differentially encode mammalian proprioception via distinct cellular localization patterns.

Voltage-gated sodium channels differentially encode mammalian proprioception via distinct cellular localization patterns.

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