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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Cell/Cytoplasmic Membrane Potential Activity & Analysis
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