| Descriptor English: | Action Potentials | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Potenciales de Acción
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Potenciais de Ação | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Potentiels d'action | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Action Potential Impulse, Nerve Impulses, Nerve Nerve Impulse Nerve Impulses Potential, Action Potential, Spike Potentials, Action Potentials, Spike Spike Potential Spike Potentials |
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| Tree number(s): |
G04.580.100 G07.265.675.100 G11.561.570.100 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000200 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli. |
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| Annotation: | do not confuse with SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS see SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
DE drug effects ES ethics GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Electrophysiology (1966) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 68 |
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| History Note: | 68(67) |
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| Related: |
Neural Conduction
MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 208 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D000200 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1968/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2016/01/15 |
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PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Cell Physiological Phenomena [G04]Cell Physiological Phenomena -
PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Physiological Phenomena [G07]Physiological Phenomena
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Action Potentials
- Preferred
Spike Potentials
- Related but not broader or narrower
Nerve Impulses
- Related but not broader or narrower
| Concept UI |
M0000303 |
| Scope note | Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli. |
| Preferred term | Action Potentials |
| Entry term(s) |
Action Potential Potential, Action Potentials, Action |
| Concept UI |
M0000304 |
| Preferred term | Spike Potentials |
| Entry term(s) |
Potential, Spike Potentials, Spike Spike Potential |
| Concept UI |
M0492952 |
| Preferred term | Nerve Impulses |
| Entry term(s) |
Impulse, Nerve Impulses, Nerve Nerve Impulse |
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