Quick question about action potential

[virtueixi]

She says that the negative ions ( Cl- ) also come in and out of the cell. However there are only K+ and Na+ channels and I think Cl- just line up along the sides of the channel following the positve ions. Is this true or is she making stuff up as usual? thanks!

 

[K1052]

Who else had dirty thoughts before clicking on this thread?

 

[virtueixi]

Originally posted by: K1052
Who else had dirty thoughts before clicking on this thread?

:laugh:

 

[cyclohexane]

as I understand it, Chloride ions are not involved in action potentials.

 

[virtueixi]

The department will be getting a nasty email about this then.

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

Originally posted by: K1052
Who else had dirty thoughts before clicking on this thread?

:laugh:

 

[TechnoPro]

Originally posted by: K1052
Who else had dirty thoughts before clicking on this thread?

Guilty as charged.

 

[Whisper]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that potassium and sodium ions are the two main components of action potentials. I'd imagine that maybe a Cl- ion could slip through one of the channels every so often (hey, anything's possible), but from what I remember, there's no specific mechanism for their movement invoked by an AP.

 

[DaShen]

I am not sure. It has been a while, but that seems false to me.