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What are the features of action potentials?

Posted July 3, 2024


Answer

Features of action potentials: 

  • Are produced in an all-or-nothing manner
  • Have a short duration of approximately 1 msec
  • Frequency of action potentials impact the way nerve cells code the intensity of information
  • Nerve cells encode the intensity of information through the frequency of action potentials, with the frequency or number of action potentials increasing with increased stimulus
Additional resources

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