The title: Membrane potential, synaptic potentials, action potential.

Explain the mechanism of generation and maintenance of the membrane potential. Discuss all phases of the action potential correlating each phase with opening/closing/inactivation of specific ionic channels. Compare the mechanism of the absolute and relative refractory periods.

Explain the difference (mechanisms of generation and propagation, ion channels involved) between the synaptic, graded potentials ( EPSP, IPSP) and action potential.

The title: Membrane potential, synaptic potentials, action potential.

The project has to consist of 1-2 pages. On the top of the 1^st page it should contain the title of the project (exactly as above), student’s and instructor’s names, the course and section, semester and the year. The continuation should contain the project itself. The text has to be at least 25 lines long, justified, single-spaced, Arial font, size 10, 1.0 inch margins on both sides.