Let's just take a glial cell which only has resting (permanently open)
channels for K+. This glial cell also has Na+, Cl- on the outside and
inorganic anions on the inside, though only K+ can move freely from
one side to the other.
The Nernst Equation calculates the resting potential of a glial cell
based solely on the valence, and intra and extra cellular conc. of K+
as well as the gas constant and temperature.
My question is: don't Na+ and Cl- and the inorganic anions create a
charge which the K+ must respond to in its passive diffusion?
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