BIOL 2021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Electrochemical Gradient, Potassium Channel, Passive Transport

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Membrane potential: difference in electric charge across membrane= voltage, plasma membranes in all cells have membrane potential, animals cells: -20 mv- 120mv. How do cell use mmembrane potential: active potential, passive potential. Neuron anatomy: sig(cid:374)al propogatio(cid:374): previous cell"s ter(cid:373)i(cid:374)ials> sy(cid:374)apse> de(cid:374)trite>axon> terminal>synapse> next cells dentriles, action potential=nerve impulse=amplification of signal, synapse is where terminal cell meets dentrites of another cell. Chemical synapse: presynaptic cell- synaptic cleft-postsynaptic cell, signal= neurotransmitter, binds to ligand-gated ion channel in post synaptic cell- transmitter gated ion channel. Transmitter-gated ion channels: open transiently, change permeability of membrane, selective for ligand & selective for ion, ex: acetylecholine-neurtrasmitter, acetylcholine gated channels allow na+ into cell. Delay in voltage gated potassium channels: this causes the polarization (peak upwards, when the k+ channels finally open, it result in depolarization, when k+ channels open, there is a strong force pushing it inwards. This is not due to the potassium leak channel. It is the delayed voltage gated potassium channel.

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