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What is the approximate resting potential of a human neuron?

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Patellar Reflex 09/07/14 @ 00:30 by jdmiles

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Re: question 11/12/17 @ 14:55 by sewerrat
	How does the Romberg test test for deficits in the vestibular system when you are standing still? Doesn't the vestibular system detect changes in angular and linear acceleration?
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Comment 05/21/16 @ 03:56 by brain21
	More specifically, the highlighted regions because it is interrupted and in the positions of unmyelinated portion of the axon it could also be the node of ranvier. If you wanted to put another version of the question up with that option you could.
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Comment 07/28/15 @ 21:52 by nidudha
	CAn I have access to these images?
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question 11/28/14 @ 15:31 by ariaw
	Does the cuneocerebellar tract enter the cerebellum via the inferior cerebellar peduncle through the restiform body? (I know the posterior spinal cerebellar tract goes through the restiform body to get into the cerebellum. Nolte seems.... (more)
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Cranial Nerves
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White Matter
09/07/14 @ 00:00 by jdmiles

The unnecessarily large green arrow points to white matter tracts in this horizontal section of human brain. White matter consists mostly of axons, with few neuron cell bodies. The myelin surrounding the axons gives it the white appearance.

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Goldman Equation

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