"Action Potentials" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli.
| Descriptor ID |
D000200
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G04.580.100 G07.265.675.100 G11.561.570.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Action Potentials- Action Potentials
- Action Potential
- Potential, Action
- Potentials, Action
Spike Potentials- Spike Potentials
- Potential, Spike
- Potentials, Spike
- Spike Potential
Nerve Impulses- Nerve Impulses
- Impulse, Nerve
- Impulses, Nerve
- Nerve Impulse
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Action Potentials" by people in Profiles.
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Tobacco and electronic cigarettes adversely impact ECG indexes of ventricular repolarization: implication for sudden death risk. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2020 05 01; 318(5):H1176-H1184.
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Nonlinear processing of a multicomponent communication signal by combination-sensitive neurons in the anuran inferior colliculus. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2017 Sep; 203(9):749-772.
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Serotonin-induced region-specific responses of the arcuate and ventromedial hypothalamic nuclei. Int J Neurosci. 2010 May; 120(5):386-95.
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Efficient measurement of endogenous neurotransmitters in small localized regions of central nervous systems in vitro with HPLC. J Neurosci Methods. 2007 Mar 15; 160(2):256-63.