that control ion channel function: activation, which controls the rate and. voltage dependence of the permeability increase following depolarization, and. inactivation, which controls the rate and voltage dependence of the subsequent. return of the ion permeability to the resting level during a maintained depoÂ­.
Key Sociological Terms. Some of the key terms and ideas that are fundamental to the field of sociology; a selection of terms curated from our site glossary. 1  Acculturation. 2  Agency. 3  Alienation. 4  Anomie. 5  Backstage and Frontstage.6  Base and Superstructure. 7  Capital. 8  Capitalism.ome of the key terms and ideas that are fundamental to the field of sociology; a selection of terms curated from our site glossary. 1  Acculturation. 2  Agency. 3  Alienation. 4  Anomie. 5  Backstage and Frontstage. 6  Base and Superstructure.
Sociology â¢ Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior â¢ - American Sociological Association â¢ Sociology is a science â¢ Sociology is a systematic and objective science that investigates human behavior in the social environment.