When is an action potential triggered? (Choose 1)     When IPSPs exceeds EPSPs   When EPSPs exceeds IPSPs   When chloride channels open   When potassium channels open

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Q: What are the steps to action potential

A: Action potential  An action potential is a short burst of electrical event that occurs in the…

Q: Describe how graded potentials can lead to an action potential (temporal summation and spatial…

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Q: +30 mV Threshold Potential Resting Potential Time Question: In the abnormal action potential (bottom…

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Q: Use Figure Q1(b) of an action potential to answer questions (i) until (iv) below. Choose the correct…

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Q: Draw a typical action potential (correctly label axis) and explain in words the roles of ion…

A: An action potential (AP) occurs when the membrane potential of a particular cell position rises…

Q: For a nerve fibre axoplasmic and extracellular ion concentrations were found to be respectively:…

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Q: Which phase in the generation of action potential is represented by N? +30 M N K -55 -70 Time…

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Q: At resting membrane potential for a typical neuron (-70 mV), which ion does NOT move? Na+ Ca2+ K+…

A: A resting (non-signaling) neuron has a voltage called the resting membrane potential, or simply the…

Q: Immediately after an action potential has peaked, which of the following channels is most likely to…

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Q: Explain how myelination of the axon results in saltatory conduction, and how this increases the…

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Q: What does summation mean when we talk of postsynaptic potentials? When is summation non-linear?

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Q: Compare and contrast graded potentials and action potentials. What are the functions of graded…

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Q: An EPSP causes a depolarization of 15 mV on a proximal dendrite.  At the same time, an IPSP causes a…

A: The excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) refers to the change in membrane potential of a…

Q: In the resting state, before or long after an action potential occurs, the activation gates of…

A: Voltage-gated Na+ channels have three main conformational states: closed, open and inactivated.…

Q: Which of the following can an EPSP give rise to? Group of answer options Local hyperpolarization…

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Q: The axon of neurone is stimulated experimentally with 25 mv pulse which initiates an action…

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Q: Identify the stages involved during the changes in membrane potential of the neuron represented in…

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Q: Describe the changes in the neuron membrane that occur throughout the course of an action potential.…

A: The action potential is an explosion of electrical activity that is created by a depolarizing…

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Q: How do ion channels and sodium-potassium pumps contribute to the resting potential?

A: Ion channels are pore forming membrane proteins that allow ion to pass through the channel pore.…

Q: Explain the all-or-none law of action potentials, and describe the effect of increased stimulus…

A: In reaction to stimuli, the axon membrane permeability to and depends on the opening of gated…

Q: Explain summation of EPSPs and IPSPs and the relationship to the initiation of an action potential.

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Q: Describe the changes that occur to the membrane that result in the action potential? *Include the…

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Q: ACTION PÔTENTIAL Describe what happens in each phases of action potential and explain the following…

A: The membrane potential of a cell is determined by the unequal distribution of positive and negative…

Q: Which ion concentration relationship is true when a neuron is at rest? (Select all that apply) More…

A: When a neuron is not sending a signal it is at 'rest'. During the rest state, all the voltage-gated…

Q: IT (4 5. Draw a graph of an action potential. Label the resting potential, threshold potential,…

A: The action potential is also called as nerve impulse. It can be defined as the electrical potential…

Q: Explain functions of graded potential, resting potential, and action potential seen in neurons?

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Q: Correctly label the following parts of a myelinated axon. CNS PNS Oligodendrocyte Schwann cell…

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Q: the action potential starting from the neuron at resting

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Q: D) The concentration of this ion and negatively charged proteins is much greater inside the cell…

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Q: If a potassium channel is held open for even longer, leading to an even bigger hyperpolarization of…

A: The Action potential are temporary shift( -ve to +ve)  in the neuron's membrane potential brought…

Q: Summation means that a post-synaptic neuron only has an action potential if:     there are no…

A: The neurons have the capability of generating and transmitting electrical impulses throughout the…

Q: Give examples of graded potential, resting potential and action potential  seen in neurons.

A: Neurons are nerve cells that functions as the basic working unit of brain. They can carry…

Q: What is a typical speed of action potential propagation in the absence of myelination?  (Not the…

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Q: Distinguish between insulation by oligodendrocyte or Schwann cells. Relate myelination to signal…

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Q: State

A: Action potential:- The change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse…

Q: ACLIOr potential +40 Falled Threshold -55 initiations Resting state -70 Stimulus 1 Refractory period…

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Q: Determine whether each description refers to local (graded) potentials, action potentials, or both.…

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Q: Action potentials are “all or none.” Discuss this statement with reference to specific types of…

A: Action potential is generated due to the change in the potential of the resting membrane resulting…

Q: Refer to the graph showing the course of an action potential. Which of the numbered points along the…

A: As the membrane potential is increased, sodium ion channels open, allowing the entry of sodium ions…

Q: Briefly explain how a neuron at resting potential becomes activated.

A: Action potential generates when the neurons want to pass the information along the body from its…

Q: Use Figure Q1(b) of an action potential to answer questions (1) until (iv) below. Choose the correct…

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Q: Which of the following statements is TRUE about the depolarization phase of action potential? Group…

A: The action potential is mainly divided into two phases that are- depolarization and repolarization.…