Voltage-gated ion channels are proteins
that conduct ions at high rates through the plasma membrane.
Ion channels work in concert to generate and propagate the
action potential. The bit of information in our nerves and
neurons is the action potential. Information is transmitted
from one point in our nervous system to another in a
frequency-coded format, i.e. the number of action potentials
per unit time is the neural code which must be formed at the
point of generation and translated at the target...