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Why don't the terms depolarization and action potential mean the same thing?
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∙ 10y ago
Depolarization occurs when a stimulus opens sodium channels which allow more sodium to go into the membrane making it less negative and more positive (toward reaching threshold). An action potential can only occur once the membrane reaches threshold which means it has reached the level needed through depolarization. An action potential is a brief reversal in polarity of the membrane making the inside more positive and the outside more negative, the reverse occurs again once the membrane reaches resting potential.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoAction potential is a quick depolarization followed by a repolarization. Depolarization is a one way trip. It also takes a substantial depolarization to cause an action potential.
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Indeed. You have saltatory conduction because of the presence of myelin in peripheral nerves, laid by Schwann cells. How AP is generated is via the following: WHen threshold potential is reached , voltage gated Na+ channels open, allowing huge Na+ influx. THis is called rapid depolarization. This is followed by a plateau phase, where the membrane potential is relatively flat because slow Ca2+ influx equalizes K+ efflux. The last thing is repolarization which is going to a negative membrane potential because more K+ channels open, Ca2+ channels closing and Na/K+ pump (Na+ pumped out, K+ in)
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neurotransmitters from the presynaptic neuron must be released and binded to the ligand gated sodium channels to increase the membrane potential (increase the charge) until it reaches the threshold of the trigger zone which is -55 millivolts.
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Is creation of an action potential part of the procsee of nerve conduction along an axon?
Indeed. You have saltatory conduction because of the presence of myelin in peripheral nerves, laid by Schwann cells. How AP is generated is via the following: WHen threshold potential is reached , voltage gated Na+ channels open, allowing huge Na+ influx. THis is called rapid depolarization. This is followed by a plateau phase, where the membrane potential is relatively flat because slow Ca2+ influx equalizes K+ efflux. The last thing is repolarization which is going to a negative membrane potential because more K+ channels open, Ca2+ channels closing and Na/K+ pump (Na+ pumped out, K+ in)
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neurotransmitters from the presynaptic neuron must be released and binded to the ligand gated sodium channels to increase the membrane potential (increase the charge) until it reaches the threshold of the trigger zone which is -55 millivolts.
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