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Can you potentiate soma?

yes. pop some oxycontin, tabs, morphine, and opium related drug. i use to take like 80mg to sometimes 160mg of oxycontin and pop one or two somas and then wait like an hou… (MORE)

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UnderEducatedOldGuy

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What are graded potentials?

Voltage impulses in neuronal dendrites which vary in strength. (and btw, the following previous DETAILED answer is WONDERFUL!!) Upon being stimulated (by another …neuron or as a special receptor) the dendrites of a neuron produce a graded potential. Stimulation can occur in many ways, including chemical stimulation (neurotransmitters, etc.), mechanical stimulation (certain pain receptors, hair receptor, etc.), light stimulation (photoreceptors) and a few other methods. Regardless of the method of stimulation the same general result is effected. Certain receptor protein ion channels on the dendrites are activated, and opened. This causes an influx (or efflux) of whatever ion the receptor channel was geared for. Thus it can cause either a depolarization (an excitatory response that may lead to an action potential) or hyperpolarization (an inhibitory response which makes it harder for an action potential to occur) depending on the ion let in (or out). The more receptor protein ion channels that are stimulated the stronger, or more intense the signal. A slight stimulation of a receptor protein ion channel will often open the channel and let in ions. However in order for a depolarization of threshold strength to reach the axon hillock, it generally requires multiple depolarizing receptor protein ion channels to open. Because of this, graded potentials are said to summate. In effect the total polarizing effect of the ion channels adds together. This is important in that one channel cannot stimulate an action potential, it takes multiple channels working in concert to depolarize a membrane enough to cause and action potential. Graded potentials (or receptor potentials when they occur in receptor cells) are short lived depolarizations or hyperpolarizations of an area of membrane. These changes cause local flows of current (current reflects the movement of ions) that decrease with distance. The magnitude of a graded potential is a direct reflection of the intensity or strength of the stimulus. The more intense the stimulus, the more ion channels that are opened, and the greater the voltage change (hyper or de- polarization) and the farther the current flows. Once stimulated polarization occurs as ions rush in. These ions accumulate very close to the stimulated area. From there the surplus of ions radiates out in all directions, polarizing adjoining membranes. As this polarization spreads like a wave it leaves behind it a wake of formerly polarized membrane that very quickly returns to resting membrane potential. As the wave of polarization ripples across the membrane it either summates (adds or subtracts) with other polarization waves or quickly looses intensity. This is in part due to the ever present leakage channels . Because the current dissapates quickly and is short lived graded, potentials can only act as signals over short distances. However their purpose is only to drive the axon hillock to threshold membrane potential, at which point an action potential will be generated. changes in the transmembrane potential that cannot far from the site of stimulation amplitude of various sizes (MORE)

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KUMARAN BLACK

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What is a potential transformer?

Potential transformers are instrument transformers. They have a large number of primary turns and a few number of secondary turns. It is used to control the large value of vol… (MORE)

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What is electric potential?

it depends on the application but in most cases it means that whatever the application pertains to can potentially store more than is rated.

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What is potentially inclusive?

Potentially inclusive events are events that can happen simultaneously. For example, events A and B can occur at the same time. When these events do cannot occur simultaneousl… (MORE)

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Priyadarshi Raj

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What is potential enrgy?

Energy which is gained by a body due to its position is known as potential energy

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Sean Dalrymple

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What is an opiate potentiator?

A potentiator increases the strength or effects of something. In this case an opiate potentiator would make the opiate stronger. There are many potentiators that can be as… simple as food, other medications, or environmental influences. Always check with a pharmacist or doctor to ensure your medications do not interact or potentiate eachother, especially in the case where one may potentiate the others. This can be extremely dangerous and cause a person to experience adverse side effects such as difficulty breathing. Opiates can have a significant impact on a persons breathing and too much could potentially cause you to stop breathing completely, this is one of the more common extreme side effects. You should never knowingly potentiate an opiate (unless instructed by a licensed doctor). If you are concerned that something you are doing is potentiating an opiate, seek immediate assistance from a pharmacist or a doctor. If you feel you are in danger (such as difficulty or slowed breathing), call emergency services (911 in the United States) immediately! If you are asking this question because you are taking an opiate based medication and it is not working well enough, talk to your doctor about changing dosage or changing to a different or stronger medication. The only one make decisions about changes in medication or dosing should be your doctor. For those that are looking to get high, please seek assistance and discontinue using opiates. If you have a legitimate need, there are legal methods of obtaining to the medications you need. (If you cannot afford your medications or doctor visits there are programs out there that can help. You just have to look!) There are many people that legitimately experience moderate to severe pain on a daily basis and have difficulty or cannot obtain the medication they need because of the those that choose to abuse it. Sadly many people either go undertreated or untreated because of this. There are many doctors and pharmacists that will not treat these patients anymore because of the number of abusers out there. The DEA have such a widespread problem to deal with that they cannot keep up and instead choose to use scare tactics... making pharmcists and doctors reluctant to treat anyone. I can't tell you to stop, but I can offer some insight and hope that you'll listen. (MORE)

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What is closing potential?

The closing potential is the time when the closing is supposed to happen. When purchasing a home, it is hard to determine the exact date in case of something that may go w… (MORE)

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What is potential resources?

Potential resources are those that exist in a region and may be used in the future. For example, petroleum may exist in many parts of India, having sedimentary rocks but until… (MORE)

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What is potential impact?

A "potential impact" is the effect one thing may have on another. In a standard cause/effect relationship, the "potential impact" is the effect or result. In the example bel… (MORE)

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