Uncovering misconceptions about the resting membrane potential.
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Resting membrane potential is one of the most difficult physiological concepts that students must master. Although the upper-division undergraduates in my physiology course have completed a semester of neurophysiology in which they worked problems using the Nernst and Goldman equations, they often fail to retain conceptual understanding of the underlying phenomena. I developed the following question to show them (and myself) what they don’t understand.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Advances in physiology education
دوره 26 1-4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002