Term Information

Accession
GO:0045760
Name
positive regulation of action potential
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
up regulation of action potential, up-regulation of action potential, upregulation of action potential, activation of action potential, stimulation of action potential
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of action potential creation, propagation or termination. This typically occurs via modulation of the activity or expression of voltage-gated ion channels. Source: GOC:go_curators
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0045760 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of positive regulation of action potential (GO:0045760)
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positive regulation of action potential [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  action potential (GO:0001508)
positive regulation of action potential [is_a relation] is_a  regulation of action potential (GO:0098900)
positive regulation of action potential [is_a relation] is_a  positive regulation of biological process (GO:0048518)
Children of positive regulation of action potential (GO:0045760)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
positive regulation of atrial cardiac muscle cell action potential (GO:1903949) [is_a relation] is_a  positive regulation of action potential
positive regulation of ventricular cardiac muscle cell action potential (GO:1903947) [is_a relation] is_a  positive regulation of action potential
positive regulation of AV node cell action potential (GO:1903951) [is_a relation] is_a  positive regulation of action potential
positive regulation of neuronal action potential (GO:1904457) [is_a relation] is_a  positive regulation of action potential
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