For action potential generation and propagation, are there any other cation channels that could substitute for the voltage-gated sodium channels if the sodium channels were blocked?

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Greta Cox

Chemistry

14 June, 07:33

For action potential generation and propagation, are there any other cation channels that could substitute for the voltage-gated sodium channels if the sodium channels were blocked?

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Raymond Arroyo · Answer 1

Yes, calcium ions.

Explanation:

Voltage-gated ions channels are ions channels that were formed by some certain class of transmembrane proteins. They are referred to as the permitting and blocking passage found in cell membrane. they are activated by electrical stimulus.

Their major function or responsibility is that, they generate or produce electrical signal in the cell membrane.