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...the nodes of Ranvier. Such an organization allows a neuron to conduct an action potential long distances at a defined speed. <ref>Levitan IB and Kaczmarek LK. (1997)

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The '''interspike interval''' is the time between subsequent [[action potential]]s (also known as ''spikes'') of a [[neuron]], or a group average thereof.

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...lin''' is the [[lipid]] [[substance]] that covers long axons to speed up [[action potential]]s, and is responsible for the appearance of the [[white matter]]. A myelin

...plex computational abilities, that some are electrically excitableonduct [[action potential]]s, and that some transmit information to other cells including by secretin

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...by the arrival of a nerve impulse (or [[action potential]]). The arriving action potential produces an influx of calcium ions through voltage-dependent, calcium-selec ...s excitability and therefore decreasing the neuron's likelihood to fire an action potential. In this way the output of a neuron may depend on the inputs of many others

One of the simplest ways to study the patterning of [[action potential|spike activity]] in a neuron is to record the spikes from a single neuron,

...olecules are usually packaged in [[vesicle (biology)|vesicle]]s. When an [[action potential]] travels to the [[synapse]], the rapid depolarization causes calcium ion c ...em, combined input from several synapses is usually required to trigger an action potential. [[Glutamate]] is the most prominent of excitatory transmitters; [[GABA]] a

...his excitatory change hypopolarizes the cell and makes it more likely to [[action potential|fire]].

...electrical signals (action potentials) conducted along the axons. When an action potential invades a nerve ending, the membrane depolarisation results in the opening

...neuroendocrine]] neurons, they are electrically excitable, and generate [[action potential]]s in response to afferent stimulation. ...sponse to calcium entry through voltage-gated channels, that occurs when [[action potential]]s are propagated down the axons.<ref>The detailed ultrastructural measurem

...hey generate [[action potentials]] which propagate down the axons. When an action potential invades a neurosecretory terminal, the terminal is depolarised, and calcium

...up>) channels in nerve cells. These channels are essential in generating [[action potential]]s, and their blockage prevents nerves from transmitting information. Topic

...sential for certain types of cellular activity, such as recovery from an [[action potential]]. Such a system is called [[coupled transport]] in which the movement of