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| what kind of gates are calcium channels? |
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| what irreverisbly blocks calcium channels? |
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| what causes calcium channesl to rapidly open? |
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| what are 2 things that Calcium does once it enters the cell |
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binds to calcinerurin
binds to calmodulin |
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| protein that closes the ca channel once it binds to calcium |
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| what are 2 ways the calcium is made unavailable inside the cell? |
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calcineurin turns close the Ca gate
calcium pumps stop and phosphatases inactivate synapsin I |
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| calmodulin is a protein that binds to calcium and becoems CAM kinsase II |
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| what is the fxn of CAM kinase II? |
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| CAM kinase II phosphorylates synapsin I causing it to "let go" of actin and therefore allow neurotransmitter to fuse to the membrane |
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