Electrochemical Driving Force

Electrochemical Driving Force
Functional Organization of Nervous Tissue

an ion will always flow in the direction across the membrane such that \(V_m\) approaches \(E_{ion}\)

as driving force increases, so does the potential energy for \(V_m\) to reach \(E_{ion}\)

as the membrane potential approaches the ions equilibrium potential, the driving force gets smaller and smaller

when \(V_m\) = \(V_{eq}\) , there is no driving force