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Chapter 14

Channels and the Electrical Properties of Membranes

أكوابورينات
أكوابورينات
Aquaporins or AQPs are a family of integral membrane proteins whose primary function is to transport water, while some called aquaglyceroporins also ...
القنوات الأيونية غير المسورة
القنوات الأيونية غير المسورة
Ion channels are specialized proteins on the plasma membrane that allow charged ions to pass down their electrochemical gradient. Their main function is ...
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القنوات الأيونية ذات البوابات الترابطية
Ligand-gated ion channels are transmembrane proteins with a channel for ions to pass through and a binding site for a ligand. The channel opens only when ...
القنوات الأيونية ذات الجهد الكهربائي
القنوات الأيونية ذات الجهد الكهربائي
Voltage-gated ion channels are transmembrane proteins that open and close in response to changes in the membrane potential. They are present on the ...
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القنوات الأيونية ذات البوابات الميكانيكية
Mechanically-gated ion channels are proteins found in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell membranes that open in response to mechanical stress. Tension, ...
هيكل الخلايا العصبية
هيكل الخلايا العصبية
Neurons are the main type of cell in the nervous system that generate and transmit electrochemical signals. They primarily communicate with each other ...
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إمكانات غشاء الراحة
The relative difference in electrical charge, or voltage, between the inside and the outside of a cell membrane, is called the membrane potential. It is ...
الاضمحلال المحتمل للراحة
الاضمحلال المحتمل للراحة
The resting membrane potential of a neuron (-70mV) is sustained due to the selective ion permeability of the membrane. At the resting potential, the ...
إمكانات العمل
إمكانات العمل
Neurons communicate by firing action potentials—the electrochemical signal that is propagated along the axon. The signal results in the release of ...
قناة رودوبسين
قناة رودوبسين
Most organisms use photoreceptors to sense and respond to light. Examples of photoreceptors include bacteriorhodopsins and bacteriophytochromes in some ...
التصحيح المشبك
التصحيح المشبك
Many fundamental cell functions such as muscle contraction and nerve transmission rely on the electrical signals produced by the movement of positively ...
نقاط الاشتباك العصبي الكهربائية
نقاط الاشتباك العصبي الكهربائية
Electrical synapses found in all nervous systems play important and unique roles. In these synapses, the presynaptic and postsynaptic membranes are very ...
المشابك الكيميائية
المشابك الكيميائية
Chemical synapses are specialized sites between two neurons or between a neuron and a non-neuronal cell like a muscle, glandular or sensory cell. Because ...
الآثار الضادة والمثبطة للناقلات العصبية
الآثار الضادة والمثبطة للناقلات العصبية
When an action potential reaches the presynaptic axon terminal, it releases neurotransmitters from the neuron into the synaptic cleft at a chemical ...
تقلص العضلات
تقلص العضلات
In skeletal muscles, acetylcholine is released by nerve terminals at the motor endplate—the point of synaptic communication between motor neurons ...
دور القنوات الأيونية في الحساب العصبي
دور القنوات الأيونية في الحساب العصبي
A postsynaptic neuron usually receives numerous impulses from several other presynaptic neurons. The axon hillock of the postsynaptic neuron integrates ...
تقوية طويلة الأمد
تقوية طويلة الأمد
Long-term potentiation, or LTP, is one of the ways by which synaptic plasticity—changes in the strength of chemical synapses—can occur in the ...
الاكتئاب طويل الأمد
الاكتئاب طويل الأمد
Long-term depression, or LTD, is one of the ways by which synaptic plasticity—changes in the strength of chemical synapses—can occur in the ...
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