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

Tissues · 100,000 cells

pons

Cells
100,000
Top channel
GRID2
Cell types present
5
Share of atlas cells
1.0%
plate vi-a — top channels

Top ion channels in pons

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

  1. 01 GRID2 Ligand-gated 1.120
  2. 02 CACNA2D1 Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 1.097
  3. 03 GRIK2 Ligand-gated 0.974
  4. 04 GRIA4 Ligand-gated 0.893
  5. 05 CACNA1C Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 0.812
  6. 06 ITPR2 Ca²⁺ store 0.763
  7. 07 KCNMA1 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.715
  8. 08 TRPM3 TRP 0.703
  9. 09 CACNB2 Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 0.660
  10. 10 KCND2 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.651
  11. 11 KCNH7 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.649
  12. 12 KCNT2 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.633
  13. 13 SCN3A Voltage-gated Na⁺ 0.587
  14. 14 GRIA2 Ligand-gated 0.544
  15. 15 KCNB2 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.536
plate vi-b — cell types in this tissue

5 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
sensory neuron of dorsal root ganglion Voltage-gated Na⁺ 1.989
serotonergic neuron Voltage-gated Na⁺ 1.881
Bergmann glial cell Ca²⁺ store 1.429
neural progenitor cell Ca²⁺ store 0.662
neural crest cell Ca²⁺ store 0.462