Action Potentials: A Visual Introduction

This interactive explores how neurons communicate using action potentials.

Topics

  • peripheral nerves
  • spinal cord
  • cell body
  • dendrite
  • synaptic terminal
  • neuron
  • neuroanatomy
  • action potential
  • action potentials
  • graded potential
  • summation
  • temporal summation
  • spatial summation
  • axon
  • axon hillock
  • synapse
  • resting potential
  • membrane potential
  • threshold potential
  • nerve impulse
  • excitatory cell
  • depolarization
  • hyperpolarization
  • ion channel
  • patch clamp
  • neurotransmitters