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From what you know about action potentials and synapses, propose two or three hypotheses

Chapter 48, Problem 11

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From what you know about action potentials and synapses, propose two or three hypotheses for how various anesthetics might block pain.

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QUESTION:

From what you know about action potentials and synapses, propose two or three hypotheses for how various anesthetics might block pain.

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Hypothesis 1: Anesthetics may block pain by acting at the presynaptic synapses by modulating neurotransmitters to decrease the action potentials generated at the postsynaptic membrane.

Hypothesis 2: Anesthetics may reduce the syn

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