You are investigating action potentials by recording from two neurons in a prepa

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You are investigating action potentials by recording from two neurons in a prepared tissue of a rats hippocampus ( a presynaptic and a post synaptic ) describe and explain your reason for your predictions of the neural activity in the post synaptic mueron under the following conditions : the neurons are bathed in a secret solution that binds to voltage-gated Na+ channels and prevents Na+ from going through the channels You are investigating action potentials by recording from two neurons in a prepared tissue of a rats hippocampus ( a presynaptic and a post synaptic ) describe and explain your reason for your predictions of the neural activity in the post synaptic mueron under the following conditions : the neurons are bathed in a secret solution that binds to voltage-gated Na+ channels and prevents Na+ from going through the channels You are investigating action potentials by recording from two neurons in a prepared tissue of a rats hippocampus ( a presynaptic and a post synaptic ) describe and explain your reason for your predictions of the neural activity in the post synaptic mueron under the following conditions : the neurons are bathed in a secret solution that binds to voltage-gated Na+ channels and prevents Na+ from going through the channels

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When the neurons are bathed in a secret solution that binds to voltage-gated Na+ channels and prevents Na+ from going through the channels it will block the wave of depolarization in a neuron leading to an action potential when a stimulus arrives and is above threshold as we need depolarization i.e. movement of sodium ions from the extracellular fluid inside the cell to generate an action potential.

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