Only a few. Why do only a small number of sodium ions need to flow through the Na+Na* channel to change the membrane potential significantly?

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Chapter32: The Reception And Transmission Of Extracellular Information
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Only a few. Why do only a small number of sodium ions need to flow
through the Na+Na* channel to change the membrane potential
significantly?
Transcribed Image Text:Only a few. Why do only a small number of sodium ions need to flow through the Na+Na* channel to change the membrane potential significantly?
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