Overview: Neuronal Coding




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Quick Quiz

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What factor gates the ion channels in the sensory dendrites of an afferent neuron of a Meissner's corpuscle?
What factor gates the ion channels found in the axon of an afferent neuron?
Name the only kind of change in the membrane potential that is all-or-nothing.
Name a type of change in the membrane potential that varies in amplitude (graded).
What factor gates the ion channels that cause a postsynaptic potential?
What type of neuron is the only type that has a receptor potential?
What part of a neuron is the only location where a receptor potential is found?
Name a type of change in the membrane potential that does not travel (local).

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