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and actually physically reprogram it,
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so these are quite sophisticated engineering devices now.
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I said something about action potentials and ion currents.
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I'm not going to say anything more about that now.
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I will say that in neurons what is important in
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a propagation of an action potential is sodium and potassium,
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but in muscle cells calcium is also a much more important player.
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The reason that calcium is a much more important player is,
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as you will learn if you study more physiology,
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calcium is the most important ion in terms of initiating contraction.
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So,movement of calcium around muscle cells is very important.
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This just shows an action potential in,