You are an undergraduate TA in BIO 203 A student comes to yo

You are an undergraduate TA in BIO 203. A student comes to your office hours for help, and you ask her to describe the sequence of steps needed to initiate an action potential. She begins by telling you that the first step is a graded hyperpolarization in the neuron. State whether her statement is correct or incorrect and discuss how you would go about correcting any misunderstanding in the molecular basis of action potential initiation.

Solution

Her statement is incorrect.I would start my discussion through the following points: