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GrogVix [38]
3 years ago
10

What is the role of the sodium-potassium pump in the nervous system?

Biology
1 answer:
maksim [4K]3 years ago
6 0

Stimulated by the action of the ions on its receptors, the pump transports them in opposite directions against their concentration gradients. ... The sodium-potassium pump carries out a form of active transport—that is, its pumping of ions against their gradients requires the addition of energy from an outside source.

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