This chapter elaborates the propagation of the action potential. The brief, pulse-like change in membrane potential—the action potential—moves along axons with definite velocity. The action potential propagates essentially with the same waveform all along the axon. The velocity of the action ...
Muscle contraction starts with a neural signal, an action potential arriving along a long neural fiber (the axon) from a neuron in the spinal cord (or in the brainstem, for neck and facial muscles), called an alpha-motoneuron, to a target muscle fiber (Figure 3.2A). When an actio...
exist just outside the axon membrane. Upon activation of a nerve cell, these positive ions seep through the membrane of the axon resulting in a state called depolarization. Once this change reaches a certain level, the action potential threshold is met and causes a firing of that particular ne...
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An action potential is caused by either threshold or suprathreshold stimuli upon a neuron. It consists of three phases: depolarization, overshoot, and repolarization. An action potential propagates along the cell membrane of an axon until it reaches the terminal button. Once the terminal button is...
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Neurons communicate by sending messages along a long strand called an axon, which then passes the message to a neighboring neuron. The resting potential of an axon is its normal state, which is more negative inside than outside of the cell. An action potential is a chain reaction down an ...
Nevertheless, at first glance it is not difficult to understand why the suggestion that the propagation of the action potential along the axon results from the same fundamental physical principles that cause the propagation of sound in a material is so highly controversial (Figure 3). As an ...
Currents usually flow through cells because the charge and electrical potential differ depending on location. Action potential conduction generally enables currents to flow along the entire length of an axon, on the inside of the membrane. When currents cross over the membrane, into muscle cells for...