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ActionPotentialLesson12

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LearningGoals

1. Whatisanactionpotential

2. Howdoeselectricalimpulsemoveacrossaneuron

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Actionpotential

Actionpotential• Atemporaryshiftinthemembranepotential• Resultsfromthevoltagedifference acrossamembranewhenthenerveisexcited• Theelectricalcurrent(impulse)travelsthelengthofanaxon

Membranepotential(voltage)• Differences inelectricalpotentialacrossamembrane(chargeseparation)• Unequalsodium(Na+)andpotassium(K+)ionsinsideandoutsidethecell

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MembraneRestingpotential(MRP)

•Membranepotentialofaneuronatrest (-70mV)

Sodium-potassiumpump• Activetransportthatmoves3Na+outofthecelland2K+intothecellacrosstheirconcentrationgradients

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RestingMembranePotential

• Atrest,themembraneinside aneuronhasanegative charge

• Atrest,outside oftheneuronmembraneispositively charged

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Axonhillock

AxonHillock• Specializedpartofthecellbodythatconnectsittotheaxon• Thesitewheretheaxonbegins

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Thresholdlevel

• IncomingNa+fromastimulusraisesmembranepotentialuntilitreachesthethresholdpotentialof-50 to-55mV

Thresholdlevel• Minimumlevelofastimulus

requiredtoproducearesponse(depolarization)

• Causeallvoltage-gatedNa+channelstoopen

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ActionPotential

• Themagnitudeofapotentialstaysthesameasittravelsalonganaxon• Theall-or-nothingcharacteristicoftheAPmeansthattheintensityorstimulusisreflectedinthefrequencyofAPratherthanintheirmagnitude

• Thegreaterthestimulus,thefastertheAP

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Depolarization

Depolarization• Diffusionofsodiumionsintothenervecellresultinginachargereversal• Insidethecellbrieflybecomespositive

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Repolarization

• Whenthemembranepotentialreaches+30mV,theNa+voltage-gatedionchannelsclose

Repolarization• Processofrestoringtheoriginalpolarityofthenervemembrane

• K+voltage-gatedchannelsopenandK+ionsexitalongitsconcentrationgradient

• Depolarizationandrepolarizationonlytakesabout5milliseconds!

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Hyperpolarization

Hyperpolarization• Processofrestoringtheoriginalpolarityofthenervemembrane• K+channelscloseslowly =K+outflow=-80mV

RefractoryPeriod• Recoverytime requiredbeforeaneuroncanproduceanotheractionpotential• Thresholdtodepolarizetheneuronishardertoreach

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RestingMembranePotential

• Na+/K+pump returnstheneurontorestingpotential

• Neuronisreadyforanewactionpotential

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“All-or-Nothing”response

• Anactionpotentialisonlyproducedifthestimulusisstrongenoughtocausedepolarizationatthethresholdlevel(-55mV)

• Neuronswillfiremaximallyornotatall

• Intensityofimpulseandspeedoftransmissionisindependent ofstimulusstrengthoncethresholdisreached

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ActionPotentialPropagation

• Depolarizationofonesitecausesnearbyvoltage-gatedNa+channelstoopenà resultingindepolarizationofanadjacentsite

• Actionpotential“travels”byrepeatedregenerationalongaxon

• Refractoryperiodensurestheactionpotentialtravelsinonedirectiononly =unidirectional

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SpeedofTransmission?

Axondiameter

• Larger=fasterconduction• Lessresistance

Myelination(myelinsheath)

• Voltage-gatedionchannelsonlyinnodesofRanvier• Axonsonlyexposedtoionsinextracellularfluid(ECF)nodes• Noactionpotentialinregionsbetweennodes

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UnmyelinatedConduction

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MyelinatedConduction

• Currentgeneratedbyactionpotentialatanode“leaps”tonextnode

• Na+andK+exchangecanonlyoccurwheretheaxonsareexposedtotheECF

• Allowsforfastersignalconductionalongtheaxon

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Synapse

• Asmallregionthatcontrolscommunicationbetweentwoneuronsorbetweenneuronsandeffectors

• Actionpotentialistransmittedthroughthesynapsebyneurotransmitters thatarereceivedbyreceptors ontheothersideofthesynapse

• Neurotransmitters=chemicalmessengers containedinvesicles• Releasedfromthepresynapticneuron

anddepolarizesthepostsynapticneuron

• Moresynapses=slowertransmission• Veryfewsynapsesinareflexarc,butMANYinvolvedinproblemsolving!

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ActionPotential

• Themagnitudeofapotentialstaysthesameasittravelsalonganaxon• Theall-or-nothingcharacteristicoftheAPmeansthattheintensityorstimulusisreflectedinthefrequencyofAPratherthanintheirmagnitude

• Thegreaterthestimulus,thefastertheAP

ActionPotentialSummary

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Homework

1. Worksheetquestions

2. UnitTaskResearch:DueTuesday• ComputerlabwillbeopenonMondayatlunch

3. Reproductive(female)assignment:DueMonday