Exploring the Action Potential
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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?

  • Voltage clamp (correct)
  • Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Electroencephalogram (EEG)

    • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>Recording the currents and conductances of the action potential</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where was a chunk of the axon placed in the voltage clamp apparatus?

    <p>In a dish</p> Signup and view all the answers

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