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Membrane potential

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Apply Nerst and Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz (GHK) equations to calculate membrane potential on a section of membrane as it goes through an action potential. Mathematically demonstrate how changing permeability through the activation of transport membrane protiens chages membrane potential.

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Learning outcomes

  • Identify the direction concentration gradient and electrochemical gradient across a membrane.
  • Calculate the membrane potential of a single ion using the Nernst equation.
  • Calculate the membrane potential of multiple ions using Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz (GHK) equation.
  • Identify trans-membrane proteins that alter the permeability of ions across a membrane, and the resulting membrane potential changes throughout an action potential.
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Interpreting and Analysing Data

  • How to interpret membrane data and diagrams to identify concentrations and permeability
  • How to determine the electrochemical and concentration gradients

Concepts, Principles and Theories

  • What a membrane potential is
  • How membrane potential is affected by changes in confirmation to membrane transport proteins
  • How the potential of a membrane changes throughout a action potential

Manipulating and Presenting Data

  • How to calculate the membrane potential using the Nerst and GHK equations

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