ACTION POTENTIAL (AP) ON A NEURON
1.     For
each of the following channels, indicate what specifically opens
it, what...
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ACTION POTENTIAL (AP) ON A NEURON
1.     Foreach of the following channels, indicate what specifically opensit, what specifically closes it, and what goes through (& inwhat direction) when it is open.
Voltage-gatedNa+ channel
Voltage-gatedK+ channel
2.     Whatare leak channels? What purpose do they serve in neurons?
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Resting membrane potential is due to the distribution of morecations outside the cell membrane and more anions inside the cellmembrane at this point the sodium is more in the extracellularfluid but it cannot enter the cell due to impermeability of themembraneDepolarization phase when threshold stimulus is applied to thecell membrane at the point of stimulation the permeability of themembrane for Sodium ions
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