Resting Action Potential

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resting potential

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Question 2

Measurement of resting potential

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Question 3

Nature of the resting potential- Bernsteins hypothesis

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Question 4

Grounds for bernsteins hypothesis

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Question 5

Equilibrium conditions

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Question 6

Discrepancy between bernsteins hypothesis and experiment

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Question 7

Non equilibrium distribution of sodium ions

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Question 8

Experimental data- squid axon

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Question 9

The Hodgkin- katz theory

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Question 10

The k+ and Na+ fluxes and the steady state

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Question 11

The Goldman equation for steady state resting potential

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Question 12

The resting potential- analysis

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Question 13

Permeability of the cell membrane

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Question 14

The resting potential of cells

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Question 15

Action potential and excitability

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Question 16

Excitable tissue

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Question 17

The action potential

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Question 18

Importance and functions of the action potential

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Question 19

Characteristics of the action potential

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Question 20

Experiments of Cole and Curtis

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Question 21

Experiments of Hodgkin and Huxley

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Question 22

Membrane permeabilities

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Question 23

Changes of the ion fluxes

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Question 24

The initiation of the action potential

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Question 25

The threshold potential

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Question 26

Depolarisation( rising phase)

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Question 27

Maximum Value(Peak) of the action potential

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Question 28

Repolarisation (falling phase)

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Question 29

Hyperpolarisation( Undershoot)

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Question 30

Refractory period

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Question 31

Phases of the action potential

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Question 32

Energy efficiency of the action potential

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Question 33

Function of the sodium potassium ion pump

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Question 34

Shape and amplitude of the action potential impulse

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Question 35

Coding of stimulus strength and duration

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