The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Sodium Channel, Voltage-Gated, Type VIII, alpha Subunit across different species:

sodium channel, voltage gated, type VIII, alpha subunit (SCN8A), sodium channel, voltage-gated, type VIII, alpha (Scn8a)

Other aliases include:

MED, PN4, NaCh6, CerIII, Nav1.6, dmu, med, mnd2, nmf2, seal, mnd-2, nmf58, nur14, nmf335, AI853486, C630029C19Rik

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Sodium Channel, Voltage-Gated, Type VIII, alpha Subunit:

sodium channel, voltage gated, type VIII, alpha – motor endplate disease – hNa6/Scn8a voltage-gated sodium channel – sodium channel, voltage-gated, type VIII, alpha – ataxia 3 – voltage-gated sodium channel type VIII alpha protein – sodium channel protein type 8 subunit alpha – PN4 – naCh6 – Na+ channel – sodium channel 6 – peripheral nerve protein type 4 – sodium channel protein type VIII subunit alpha – voltage-gated sodium channel subunit alpha Nav1.6 – sodium channel, voltage-gated, type 8, alpha subunit – sodium channel, voltage gated, type VIII, alpha subunit – sodium channel voltage-gated type VIII alpha polypeptide – sodium channel, voltage-gated, type 8, alpha polypeptide – sodium channel, voltage-gated, type VIII, alpha polypeptide

Sodium Channel, Voltage-Gated, Type VIII, alpha Subunit fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – nucleotide binding – sodium ion binding – voltage-gated ion channel activity – voltage-gated sodium channel activity – ion channel activity – sodium channel activity

Sodium Channel, Voltage-Gated, Type VIII, alpha Subunit is relevant to the following processes:

ion transport – nervous system development – regulation of action potential in neuron – sodium ion transport – adult walking behavior – locomotory behavior – muscle organ development – transport – myelination – peripheral nervous system development – response to toxin – transmembrane transport

Locations for Sodium Channel, Voltage-Gated, Type VIII, alpha Subunit:

integral to membrane – membrane – voltage-gated sodium channel complex – cell soma – dendrite – membrane fraction – neuronal cell body – node of Ranvier – plasma membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology