Discussion:
EPSPs and IPSPs
1. Several ions are responsible for the resting membrane potential. Describe the forces that determine resting membrane potential.
2. How are graded potentials created, and how are they different from action potentials?
3. Discuss the ion channels that are involved in the generation of an action potential.
4. Describe how an action potential, originating at the axon hillock, is propagated along myelinated and nonmyelinated axons.
5. Describe how EPSPs and IPSPs are generated.
Textbooks I am using:
Human Anatomy & Physiology Lab Manual
Elaine N. Marieb & Susan J. Mitchell
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Principles of Human Physiology
Cindy L. Stanfield