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Leaky Membranes Response

This afternoon was helpful to continue and advance our thinking about leaky membranes. I have never heard the term "leaky" membranes before today (although the concept is similar to membrane permeability), so this afternoon was helpful in order to provide examples of how a membrane becomes leaky and how that relates to signals being transmitted through the nervous system. Ion channels/pathways are very interesting, and I'm still wrapping my head around imagining the complexity and scope of such a complicated system of information transfer.

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