Timeline for Why are potassium channels slower than sodium channels?
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| S Aug 26, 2015 at 19:52 | history | suggested | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2015 at 18:48 | comment | added | Pramit Bandyopadhyay | You have to understand how the integral proteins work. $Na^+$ channels are fast while $K^+$ channels are slow and long lasting in terms of conductance. $Na^+$ channels are voltage gated, via the S4 domain which is blocked by $Mg^{2+}$, while $K^+$ conductance is not voltage gated most of the time. | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 17:47 | comment | added | Thane Plummer | Just a correction: the action potential does not begin with the entrance of sodium into the postsynaptic cell. This ionic flow changes the overall voltage potential of the cell, and the action potential begins at the axon hillock or just adjacent to the axon hillock, where the sum of all such inputs may start the depolarization known as the action potential. | |
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| Aug 26, 2015 at 14:07 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBiology/status/636540493908836352 | ||
| Aug 26, 2015 at 12:10 | history | edited | WYSIWYG | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2015 at 12:04 | history | edited | AliceD♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2015 at 11:54 | history | edited | AliceD♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2015 at 11:30 | vote | accept | user135172 | ||
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| Aug 26, 2015 at 11:15 | history | edited | AliceD♦ |
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| Aug 26, 2015 at 10:57 | comment | added | WYSIWYG | Slower can mean two things: slower conduction or slower response. | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 10:49 | history | asked | user135172 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |