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Answer:
A) Prolonged (Longer) action potential because slower K+ diffusion
Explanation: If the voltage gated K+ channels are blocked, then Diffusion of K+ to outside the cell would be decreased during repolarization phase making the membrane depolarized for longer duration. This will produce prolonged action potential.
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each, what is the right answer?
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This time you get into a snail brain neuron that is
completely quiet. The cell doesn't even begin to fire action
potentials when you inject depolarizing current, so you question
yourself if you are actually in a neuron. Nevertheless, you briefly
hyperpolarize thecell, and right after the hyperpolarization stops,
the cell fires a few action potentials that have a quite large
amplitude and then the cell becomes quite again. What could be
going on here? Your traces kind of look...
Use what you know about the physiology of neurons to answer the following questions. Treat each of these questions as unrelated to each other. a. Imagine that a mutation makes Na* leak channels just as common as K' leak channels. Explain the effect of this mutation on the resting potential of this neuron. 3. b. The intracellular:extracellular ratio of K' ions is normally 150:4mM. Imagine that you decrease that ratio to 150: 20mM. Describe the subsequent effect on the resting...
5. Did you notice that during the action potential the neuron membrane potential reaches -90mV and stops? How/why does it stop at -90mV? Why doesn't it get more negative than -90mV? Hint: When the voltage-gated K+ channels are open on a neuron, there are so many voltage- gated K+ channels open that in reality you can think of the cell as being only permeable to K+. It's the main ion moving. Based on this and what we talked about on...
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for
each, what is the right answer?
30. When a neuron encodes the strength of a stimulus, it does so by changing A) the frequency of action potentials. B) the duration of each action potential C) the polarity of every alternate action potential. D) the size of each action potential E) the direction of the action potentials along the axon. 31. The relative refractory period of an axon begins with A) activation of chemically-gated K+ channels. B) increasing Na+ flux...
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A 35 year old female presents with a history of several episodes, each separated by several months, in which she experiences brief periods of physical weakness, clumsiness of the legs and hands, visual disturbances, and mood swings. Her weakness is most prominent in the lower extremities. CT scans show evidence of multiple lesions in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord. During her last episode, there were increasing neurological deficits due to an increasing number of disseminated lesions....
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