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Action potential
A nerve impulse; a traveling wave of positive voltage that is propagated along a neuron.


Read more about this term in the Online Textbook:
Neurobiology: The Action Potential

Related Terms:
Voltage-gated channels

Related Images:
Action Potential movement through an axon

Related Animations:
Synapse
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Synaptic Vesicles
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