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