When a sense receptor detects a stimulus, it reacts to send that information to the brain. Provide an overview, in layman's terms, of the ionic events that produce the action potential based on the received stimulation.
What will be an ideal response?
Movements of the membrane potential past threshold open sodium channels, which moves the membrane potential from -60 to roughly 40 mV. The sodium channels then close, and the potential is restored to resting by an opening of the potassium channels.
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Buck has a friend who is deaf and was born to deaf parents who used sign language. It is most likely that his friend
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