#Question id: 11223
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
Of those listed, which event occurs first following a depolarizing stimulus applied to the presynaptic membrane of an axon terminal?
#Question id: 11224
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
How could you increase the magnitude of excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) generated at a synapse?
#Question id: 11225
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
What happens if twice as many inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) as excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) arrive in close proximity at a postsynaptic neuron?
#Question id: 11226
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
At the neuromuscular junction, the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) is degraded by acetylcholinesterase. If a neurophysiologist applies the naturally occurring acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, onchidal (produced by the mollusc Onchidella binneyi), to a synapse, what would you expect to happen?
#Question id: 11495
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
In a neuron with a resting membrane potential of −65mV, the distribution of which ion across the neuronal membrane represents the greatest potential electromotive force (EMF)?
#Question id: 11496
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
Forced rapid breathing results in alkalization of the blood which would lead to which of the following changes in neuronal activity?