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Print out several copies of this figure and use it to take notes regarding voltage and membrane potentials. |
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The sodium-potassium pump (Na+-K+ ATPase) maintains concentration gradients of both sodium (higher outside the cell) and potassium (higher inside the cell) |
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Gated channels continue to be investigated by researchers. This image of a gated potassium channel shows four pieces that fit together to barely allow K+ through a narrow channel when the gate is open. The surprising way in which the gating mechanism works can be seen in the animation at |
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This animation shows the general
idea of how voltage-gated sodium channels work
(the details of the mechanism may not work exactly this way, but the concept is the focus here) |
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