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What is Neuromodulation Strychnine? – Video
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- In the motor system, too many action potentials crossing a synapse result in a twitching, while too few action potentials result in someone with depressed motor skills.
- Excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) are typically perfectly balanced.
- Strychnine is a poison that blocks the release of all IPSPs in the motor nervous system, causing a hyperpolarized membrane.
- Strychnine poisoning presents with muscle twitches and tetany wherein muscles can’t contract or relax, eventually causing death due to respiratory distress.
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