cation · a human ion-channel atlas release v1.0-354 · 10.0m cells
CATION Cell ATlas of ION channels

Tissues · 100,000 cells

basal forebrain

Cells
100,000
Top channel
GRID2
Cell types present
4
Share of atlas cells
1.0%
plate vi-a — top channels

Top ion channels in basal forebrain

Ranked mean expression across cell types; bars coloured by each channel's class.

  1. 01 GRID2 Ligand-gated 1.172
  2. 02 TRPM3 TRP 1.170
  3. 03 ITPR2 Ca²⁺ store 1.117
  4. 04 CACNB2 Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 1.084
  5. 05 KCNMA1 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.976
  6. 06 CACNA1C Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 0.925
  7. 07 CACNA2D1 Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 0.848
  8. 08 CACNA2D3 Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 0.804
  9. 09 KCND2 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.685
  10. 10 STIM2 Ca²⁺ store 0.677
  11. 11 GRIK2 Ligand-gated 0.676
  12. 12 ITPR1 Ca²⁺ store 0.666
  13. 13 GRID1 Ligand-gated 0.654
  14. 14 GRIA2 Ligand-gated 0.645
  15. 15 RYR3 Ca²⁺ store 0.617
plate vi-b — cell types in this tissue

4 cell types

Ranked by total ion-channel expression. Dominant class = the channel class carrying the largest share of this cell type's expression.

Cell typeDominant classTotal channel expression
choroid plexus epithelial cell Ca²⁺ store 1.185
neuron Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 1.164
vascular associated smooth muscle cell Ca²⁺ store 0.628
fibroblast Ca²⁺ store 0.568