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The study of the physiology of the nervous system, with emphasis on transcellular communication, and cellular and molecular processes involved in neural communication.

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Why does the concentration gradient of one ion represent the entire cell in the equilibrium ...

Just add up everything of interest. For example, you can include sodium as which gives you chlorides, and everything else could be further added in a similar fashion, although likely to diminishing …
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How does a neuron change its function, without changing its synaptic connections?

The keywords are Synaptic plasticity, LTP, LTD, and STDP, among others. The organelles includes release pools, receptors, scaffold proteins, etc. Actually there is a huge body of literature around thi …
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Why do larger neurons have less cytoplasmic resistance?

Neurons are like leaky cables. If you make them longer, the resistance increase (along the long axis); if you make them thicker (larger cross-sectional area), the resistance decrease. The word "larger …
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