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  • This quiz has been taken 42 times
  • The average score is 4 of 16

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HintAnswer% Correct
To the nearest 5 roughly what is the average internal Na ion concentration in human neurons? (mM)15
50%
What is the name of the equation that can be used to determine equilibrium potential when the membrane is permeable to one ion only?Nernst
50%
To the nearest 10 roughly what is the average external Na ion concentration in human neurons? (mM)150
42%
What is the primary excitatory transmitter in the CNS?Glutamate
42%
NMDA and AMPA are both ionotropic glutamatergic channels, but which sometimes allows the entrance of divalent cations (e.g. Ca2+)?NMDA
42%
What is now considered a gasous neurotransmitter which was known as endothelium-derived relaxing factor?NO
42%
What is the most common type of electrical synapse?Gap junction
33%
What type of receptor has a quicker transmission?Ionotropic
25%
What is the name for a receptor which triggers a secondary messenger cascade when stimulated?Metabotropic
25%
GABA is one but what is the other major inhibitory transmitter in the CNS?Glycine
17%
In an action potential what is the name given to the point where inward current carried by Na+ ions just exceeds outward current across the resting membrane?Threshold
17%
Fusion of neurotransmitters with presynaptic membranes for exocytosis is controlled by v (vesicle) and t (target) proteins but what is the name of them?SNARE
8%
What is the name for the protein on the vesicle that binds to the SNAP-25 and syntaxin on the plasma membrane?Synaptobrevin
8%
On the vesicle what is the Ca2+ion sensor called?Synaptotagmin
8%
Chloride ions are normally extruded by secondary active processes, when couped to movement of K ions what is the name of the transporter?KCC2
0%
When coupled to the sodium-dependant flux of HCO3- ions, what is the transporter?NDCBE
0%

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