Friday, 8 September 2017

neuroscience - Distribution of sodium–potassium pumps


How are sodium–potassium pumps distributed over the membrane of a neuron? Where are the most, where are the fewest? Or does this dependent on the type of neuron?



Are there known and understandable correlations between the local densities of sodium–potassium pumps and other membrane molecules (like ligand-gated or voltage-gated ion channels)?




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