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Transcript
Nerve Impulse Transmission
• Depolarization makes the membrane potential
more positive
• Hyperpolarization makes it more negative
• These small changes result in graded potentials
• Size depends on either the strength of the
stimulus or the amount of ligand available to
bind with their receptors
• Can reinforce or negate each other
• Summation is the ability of graded potentials to
combine
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