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Spencer Wells · 27-11-2007, 01:24 AM

Depends on the neurone, and what's happening to it e.g. in long term potentiation (LTP) these things are liable to change. It also depends on what type of muscle you're talking about (e.g. cardiac pacemaker cells have a constantly changing resting potential, due to their special slow inwards sodium channels). Be more specific.

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Spencer Wells His Noodly Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: RF&UCMS(UCL) Posts: 3,280	Depends on the neurone, and what's happening to it e.g. in long term potentiation (LTP) these things are liable to change. It also depends on what type of muscle you're talking about (e.g. cardiac pacemaker cells have a constantly changing resting potential, due to their special slow inwards sodium channels). Be more specific. __________________ Nick - Final year Medical Student with neurophysiology iBSc Currently: GP in Wembley The views and opinions that I express are mine alone and not that of UCL or RFUCMS.