Each question is worth 20 points and partial credit will be awarded. The patch was held at -110 mV and then stepped to the potential indicated at the right of each current record. The nerve cell below releases a chemical transmitter at its terminal and receives input from both chemical synapses on the dendrites and electrical synapses on the soma. It produces a Na-dependent action potential down the axon. Mark on the diagram below the spatial distribution of ALL channels found in the membrane of this cell.
Electrical synapses are faster, more direct, and oftentimes more efficient than chemical synapses.
For each property, describe in detail how these two types of electrical signals differ. You are recording from a perfectly spherical neuron with current injection and voltage recording electrodes.