action potential

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Brief, spike-like depolarization associated with the passage of an impulse without decrement along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell.
Notes:
  1. It is used for rapid signaling over a distance.
  2. Action potentials also occur in many endocrine cells.
Source:
PAC, 2015, 87, 841. (IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)) on page 843 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'action potential' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11562 RIS BibTex EndNote
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