Lecture 2 - Channels, Resting and Action Potentials (AJE 2003)Introductory
Neurobiology - ZOO332H1S
Dept. of Zoology,
University of Toronto
Lecture 2 - Channels, Resting and Action Potentials (AJE 2003)
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Below are some titles that may interest you. You will not be tested on this material, unless it also appeared in lecture.
TTX Resistant Na+ channels
| 1. (click here) "The presence and role of the TTX resistant Na channel in nociceptive primary afferent neurons.(in rats)" |
| 2. (click here) "Snake sodium channels resist TTX arrest" (this is a perspective for the paper below (3.) |
| 3. (click here) "Mechanism of adaptation in a preditor-prey arms race: TTX-resistant Na channels." |
Consequences...
| 4. (click here) "Benign familial neonatal convulsions caused by altered gating of K+ channels." |
| 5. (click here) "Connexin 43 enhances the adhesivity and mediates the invasion of malignant glioma cells." (connexin is a protein involved in forming gap junctions (electrical synapses).) |