Psychology 2036A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Lactate Threshold, Glycogen, Cellular Respiration

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazelwood

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What is lactic acid- lactic? (1) under cellular conditions lactic acid loses and h+ and forms lactate. H+ associated with acidity (2) physiochemical principles (another explanation to (1)) In water (as in all solutions) electrical neutrality must be maintained) One of the laws is that electrical neutrality must be maintained (if you have a negati you have to have a positive) Different compounds/ elements on periodic table are going to be negative while oth are going to be positive. If we add lactate (negative charge), h+ must increase. Series of reactions dictate that h+ must increase. It"s not so much that we have hydrogen associated with lactic acid and it just gets cle off. Scientists think its more about maintaining electrical neutrality --> ph goes down (m acidic) gative others ts cleaved n (more. For the exam: increased lactate associated with increase in h+ (this is all we need to kno not going to ask about process (1) and (2)