Ion channels in nervous system cells generate action potentials in the cells. What are the ion channels guarded by?

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Ashley Fry

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29 May, 16:29

Ion channels in nervous system cells generate action potentials in the cells. What are the ion channels guarded by?

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Answer: 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. They have an aqueous pore, which becomes accessible to ions after a conformational change in the protein structure causes the ion channel to open.