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The larger the membrane capacitance, , the more current it takes to charge and discharge a patch of membrane and the longer this process will take. The larger the membrane resistance r m {\displaystyle r_{m}} , the harder it is for a current to induce a change in membrane potential.
Electrotonic potentials which decrease the membrane potential are called inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs). They hyperpolarize the membrane and make it harder for a cell to have an action potential. IPSPs are associated with Cl − entering the cell or K + leaving the cell. IPSPs can interact with EPSPs to "cancel out" their effect.
A specific threshold tracking technique is threshold electrotonus, which uses the threshold tracking set-up to produce long-lasting subthreshold depolarizing or hyperpolarizing currents within a membrane. Changes in cell excitability can be observed and recorded by creating these long-lasting currents.
When the membrane potential of a cell goes for a long period of time without changing significantly, it is referred to as a resting potential or resting voltage. This term is used for the membrane potential of non-excitable cells, but also for the membrane potential of excitable cells in the absence of excitation.
where I is the total membrane current per unit area, C m is the membrane capacitance per unit area, g K and g Na are the potassium and sodium conductances per unit area, respectively, V K and V Na are the potassium and sodium reversal potentials, respectively, and g l and V l are the leak conductance per unit area and leak reversal potential ...
The open conformation of the ion channel allows for the translocation of ions across the cell membrane, while the closed conformation does not. Voltage-gated ion channels are a class of transmembrane proteins that form ion channels that are activated by changes in a cell's electrical membrane potential near the channel. The membrane potential ...
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Action potentials result from the depolarization of the cell membrane (the sarcolemma), which opens voltage-sensitive sodium channels; these become inactivated and the membrane is repolarized through the outward current of potassium ions. The resting potential prior to the action potential is typically −90mV, somewhat more negative than ...