Properties of thymus-dependent and thymus-independent antigens

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Orthograde transport

moves from the cell body toward the axon terminals 

occurs along microtubules that run along the length of the axon and requires dynein and kinesin

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Orthograde transport has:

Fast axonal transport occurs at about 400 mm/day 

Slow axonal transport occurs at 0.5 to 10 mm/day

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Retrograde transport, is in the opposite direction (from the nerve ending to the cell body), occurs along microtubules at about 200 mm/day.

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Two types of potentials are produced:

Nonpropagated potentials (local), depending on their location, synaptic, generator, or electrotonic potentials

Propagated potentials, the action potentials (or nerve impulses)

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Action potentials are the primary electrical responses of neurons and other excitable tissues, and they are the main form of communication within the nervous system.

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Important factors in the establishment of the normal resting membrane potential:

Na+-K+ pump

K+ “leak” channels