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Where are ion channels found in neurons?


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Ion Channels:

  1. Ion channels are protein molecules that span across the cell membrane allowing the passage of ions from one side of the membrane to the other.
  2. They have an aqueous pore, which becomes accessible to ions after a conformational change in the protein structure that causes the ion channel to open.

Location: Different types of ion channels that are selectively permeable to different ions are present on the neural membrane


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