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Which technique did Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley use to successfully record the currents and conductances that make up the action potential?
Which technique did Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley use to successfully record the currents and conductances that make up the action potential?
- Voltage clamp (correct)
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
What made it difficult to measure the action potential for a long time?
What made it difficult to measure the action potential for a long time?
- Lack of understanding about the phenomenon
- Inability to measure specific voltage (correct)
- Lack of suitable equipment
- Lack of interest in studying action potential
What did the first recordings of the action potential help researchers to understand?
What did the first recordings of the action potential help researchers to understand?
- The voltage clamp apparatus
- The conductances of the channels involved
- The passive properties of foreign substances
- The mechanisms behind the action potential (correct)
What breakthrough in understanding the action potential came from the experiments by Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley?
What breakthrough in understanding the action potential came from the experiments by Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley?
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Where was a chunk of the axon placed in the voltage clamp apparatus?
Where was a chunk of the axon placed in the voltage clamp apparatus?
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