BIOM 3200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Resting Potential, Afterhyperpolarization, Action Potential

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Inactivation occurs automatically and lasts until the membrane has repolarized: because of this automatic inactivation, all action potentials have about the same duration. Refractory periods: during the time that a patch of axon membrane is producing an action potential, it is incapable of responding is refractory to further stimulation. Cable properties of neurons: the cable properties of neurons are their abilities to conduct charges through their cytoplasm. Conduction in a myelinated axon: the myelin sheath provides insulation for the axon, preventing movements of. The synapse: axons end close to, or in some cases at the point of con- tact with, another cell, once action potentials reach the end of an axon, they directly or indirectly stimulate (or inhibit) the other cell. In specialized cases, action potentials can directly pass from one cell to another. Cns, this other cell is also a neuron.

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