Term Information

Accession
GO:0099610
Name
action potential initiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
action potential firing, action potential triggering
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The initiating cycle of an action potential. In vertebrate neurons this typically occurs at an axon hillock. Not all initiated axon potentials propagate. Source: ISBN:978-0071390118, PMID:19439602
Comment
None
History
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Subset
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Parents of action potential initiation (GO:0099610)
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action potential initiation [is_a relation] is_a  action potential (GO:0001508)

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