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Descriptor English:   Action Potentials 
Descriptor Spanish:   Potenciales de Acción 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Potenciais de Ação 
Synonyms English:   Action Potential
Impulse, Nerve
Impulses, Nerve
Nerve Impulse
Nerve Impulses
Potential, Action
Potential, Spike
Potentials, Action
Potentials, Spike
Spike Potential
Spike Potentials  
Tree Number:   G04.580.100
G07.265.675.100
G11.561.570.100
Definition English:   Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not confuse with SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS see SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
See Related English:   Neural Conduction
 
History Note English:   68(67) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
DE drug effects ES ethics
GE genetics IM immunology
PH physiology RE radiation effects
Record Number:   208 
Unique Identifier:   D000200 

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