Term Information

Accession
GO:0098870
Name
action potential propagation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The propagation of an action potential along the plane of an excitable membrane. Action potentials typically propagate once triggered because the depolarization of adjacent membrane regions due to an action potential crosses the firing threshold. Source: GOC:dos
Comment
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History
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Subset
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Parents of action potential propagation (GO:0098870)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
action potential propagation [is_a relation] is_a  action potential (GO:0001508)
Children of action potential propagation (GO:0098870)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
neuronal action potential back-propagation (GO:0098873) [is_a relation] is_a  action potential propagation
neuronal action potential propagation (GO:0019227) [is_a relation] is_a  action potential propagation
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