Resting Action Potential Flashcards
resting potential
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Measurement of resting potential
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Nature of the resting potential- Bernsteins hypothesis
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Grounds for bernsteins hypothesis
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Equilibrium conditions
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Discrepancy between bernsteins hypothesis and experiment
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Non equilibrium distribution of sodium ions
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Experimental data- squid axon
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The Hodgkin- katz theory
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The k+ and Na+ fluxes and the steady state
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The Goldman equation for steady state resting potential
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The resting potential- analysis
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Permeability of the cell membrane
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The resting potential of cells
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Action potential and excitability
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Excitable tissue
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The action potential
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Importance and functions of the action potential
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Characteristics of the action potential
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Experiments of Cole and Curtis
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Experiments of Hodgkin and Huxley
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Membrane permeabilities
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Changes of the ion fluxes
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The initiation of the action potential
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The threshold potential
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Depolarisation( rising phase)
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Maximum Value(Peak) of the action potential
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Repolarisation (falling phase)
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Hyperpolarisation( Undershoot)
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Refractory period
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Phases of the action potential
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Energy efficiency of the action potential
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Function of the sodium potassium ion pump
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Shape and amplitude of the action potential impulse
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Coding of stimulus strength and duration
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