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Firstly, a stimulus causes an influx of sodium ions into the axon. This causes further sodium voltage-gated ion channels to open, causing more sodium ions to move into the axon, down an electrochemical gradient, this depolarises the axon, if the influx of sodium ions reaches the threshold value of the axon then an action potential is produced. The sodium-voltage gated channels close when the potential of the axon reaches +40 mv. Potassium ion channels open, allowing K+ ions out of the axon and into surrounding tissue fluid. The electrical gradient is reversed and more potassium ions leave the axon. This is repolarisation. As more potassium ion channels are open compared to at resting potential, hyperpolarisation occurs. This is where the axon is more negative then usual. The sodium-potassium pump actively transports 3 Na+ ions out of the axon and 2K+ ions into the axon, with the use of ATP; allowing the resting potential to be reastablished.

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