C11 GP v AP

Question 1

8 ways to compare GP vs. AP

Answer 1

Location of event,
Amplitude(size) & distance, 
Degree of change, 
Distance traveled,
Duration, 
Stimulus for opening ion channels, 
Summation, 
Voltage change,

Question 2

GP vs. AP Location of event

Answer 2

GP - Dendrites/cell body AP - Axon hillock/axon

Question 3

GP vs. AP Distance traveled

Answer 3

GP - Short AP - Long

Question 4

GP vs. AP Amplitude (size) & distance

Answer 4

GP - Various/graded (depends on how many channels open) AP - Always the same

Question 5

GP vs. AP Stimulus for opening ion channels

Answer 5

GP - Chemical (neurotransmitter/Ligand gated) AP - Voltage (depolarization/voltage gated)

Question 6

GP vs. AP Summation

Answer 6

GP - Yes (temporal and spatial) AP - No (all or none/same speed and distance very time)

Question 7

GP vs. AP Voltage change

Answer 7

GP - Pos OR neg AP - Pos THEN neg

Question 8

GP vs. AP Degree of change

Answer 8

GP - relatively small AP - relatively large

Question 9

GP vs. AP Duration

Answer 9

GP - 1-few msec AP - many msec