action potential propagation
Action potential propagation refers to the transmission of electrical signals, or action potentials, along the axon of a neuron in a consistent and unidirectional manner.
Requires login.
Related Concepts (22)
- action potential amplitude
- action potential conduction speed
- action potential duration
- action potential generation
- action potential initiation
- action potential propagation velocity
- action potential threshold
- action potential velocity
- action potential waveform
- action potentials
- axon hillock
- depolarization
- ion channels
- myelin sheath
- nerve impulse
- neural communication
- neuroelectricity
- nodes of ranvier
- repolarization
- saltatory conduction
- synapse
- threshold potential
Similar Concepts
- action potential
- action potential in neurons
- activation energy
- backpropagation
- error propagation
- excitatory neurons
- excitatory neurotransmission
- excitatory synapses
- hyperpolarization
- light propagation
- long-term potentiation
- membrane potential
- potassium channels
- voltage-gated channels
- wave propagation