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

Tissues · 100,000 cells

hippocampus

Cells
100,000
Top channel
ITPR2
Cell types present
9
Share of atlas cells
1.0%
plate vi-a — top channels

Top ion channels in hippocampus

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

  1. 01 ITPR2 Ca²⁺ store 0.992
  2. 02 KCNMA1 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.945
  3. 03 KCNQ3 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.912
  4. 04 GRIA2 Ligand-gated 0.850
  5. 05 GRID2 Ligand-gated 0.831
  6. 06 CACNB2 Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 0.818
  7. 07 CACNA2D1 Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 0.813
  8. 08 GRIA1 Ligand-gated 0.794
  9. 09 GRIK2 Ligand-gated 0.793
  10. 10 TRPM3 TRP 0.721
  11. 11 CACNA2D3 Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 0.641
  12. 12 GRIN2B Ligand-gated 0.633
  13. 13 KCND2 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.622
  14. 14 GABRB1 Ligand-gated 0.617
  15. 15 RYR2 Ca²⁺ store 0.571
plate vi-b — cell types in this tissue

9 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
hippocampal pyramidal neuron Ca²⁺ store 3.103
hippocampal granule cell Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 2.885
hippocampal interneuron Ligand-gated 2.483
hippocampal astrocyte Ca²⁺ store 1.267
smooth muscle cell of the brain vasculature Ca²⁺ store 1.036
mature microglial cell Ca²⁺ store 0.969
cell Ca²⁺ store 0.746
neuroblast (sensu Vertebrata) Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 0.533
radial glial cell Chloride 0.423