Answer the following questions concerning the electrophysiology of neurons: (a) What intracellular ions which cannot diffuse through the plasma membrane are largely responsible for this state (at RMP)? (b) What leads to the reversal of this normal distribution of charges? In other words, what leads to depolarization associated with a local potential (one sentence answer please)? (c) What molecule is
responsible for restoring the normal charge distribution seen at RMP?

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Answer the following questions concerning the electrophysiology of neurons: (a) What intracellular ions which cannot diffuse through the plasma membrane are largely responsible for this state (at RMP)? (b) What leads to the reversal of this normal distribution of charges? In other words, what leads to depolarization associated with a local potential (one sentence answer please)? (c) What molecule is 
responsible for restoring the normal charge distribution seen at RMP?

anonymous · Answer

Welcome to OpenStudy, @studyingap! If you have any questions about the site, I'd be happy to help. This is a series of definitions for a lot of the terms you're using: take a look at these and see if you can use them to figure out the answers to some of your questions: http://quizlet.com/18091982/lecture-1st-quiz-electrophysiology-of-neurons-flash-cards/# If that doesn't help, let me know and I can try to find something else :)