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182. A Novel Mechanism of HCN Channel Gating: The Role of an Extracellular Salt Bridge Network

Kaei Ryu (Koichi Nakajo)　Division of Integrative Physiology, Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Japan

181. Mechanism underlying regulation of phosphatase activity of voltage-sensing phosphatase (VSP) proper for sperm maturation and motility

Natsuki Mizutani1,2 (Yasushi Okamura1)　1Laboratory of Integrative Physiology, Departoment of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Japan 2Present address: Division of Integrative Physiology, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Japan

179. Muscle contraction without action potentials

Chifumi Akiyama (Souhei Sakata, Fumihito Ono)　Department of Physiology, Division of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan

178. Hidden Chaos in the Microscopic World of the Heart:How Order and Fluctuations Cooperate to Sustain Cardiac Rhythm.

Seine A. Shintani　Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University

177. Programmable tension-clamp apparatus for studying tension-sensitive channels

Yuka Matsuki (Masayuki Iwamoto, Shigetoshi Oiki)　Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.　Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.　Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.

176. Unraveling the brain’s inhibitory pathways: From vision to action

Takahiro Osada (Seiki Konishi)　Department of Neurophysiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan