BISC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Troponin, Cooperative Binding, Active Transport

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Sensory cells convert (transduce) this energy to changes in membrane potentials (receptor potential) - modulates action potential. All sensory input causes a change in membrane potential: intensity of stimulus can be encoded by the rate/frequency of action potential/second. No difference in action potential coming from different parts of the body, but the brain can detect different stimulus based on where the nerves hit. 2 types of sensory receptors: sensory receptors transduce stimulus energy into receptor potential which modulates transmission of action potential to cns. Are either specialized/modified neurons or specialized epithelial cells that regulate neurons. Hair cells are mechanoreceptors in vertebrate hearing and balance respond to pressure (e. g. sound waves) Hair cells transduce sound waves (or other fluid waves) to electrical signals: Kinocilium = cilium (9+2) and stereocilia = microvilli. Bending of stereocilia towards kinocilium causes physical distortion of the plasma membrane, opening ion channels.

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