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Action potential and Excitatory postsynaptic potential

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Difference between Action potential and Excitatory postsynaptic potential

Action potential vs. Excitatory postsynaptic potential

In physiology, an action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific axon location rapidly rises and falls: this depolarisation then causes adjacent locations to similarly depolarise. In neuroscience, an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) is a postsynaptic potential that makes the postsynaptic neuron more likely to fire an action potential.

Similarities between Action potential and Excitatory postsynaptic potential

Action potential and Excitatory postsynaptic potential have 15 things in common (in Unionpedia): Acetylcholine, Bernard Katz, Central nervous system, Inhibitory postsynaptic potential, Invertebrate, Ion, Ion channel, Ligand-gated ion channel, Membrane potential, Myocyte, Neuromuscular junction, Neurotransmitter, Summation (neurophysiology), Synaptic vesicle, Vertebrate.

Acetylcholine

Acetylcholine (ACh) is an organic chemical that functions in the brain and body of many types of animals, including humans, as a neurotransmitter—a chemical message released by nerve cells to send signals to other cells.

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Bernard Katz

Sir Bernard Katz, FRS (26 March 1911 – 20 April 2003) was a German-born Australian physician and biophysicist, noted for his work on nerve physiology.

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Central nervous system

The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

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Inhibitory postsynaptic potential

An inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) is a kind of synaptic potential that makes a postsynaptic neuron less likely to generate an action potential.

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Invertebrate

Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a backbone or spine), derived from the notochord.

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Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule that has a non-zero net electrical charge (its total number of electrons is not equal to its total number of protons).

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Ion channel

Ion channels are pore-forming membrane proteins that allow ions to pass through the channel pore.

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Ligand-gated ion channel

Ligand-gated ion channels (LICs, LGIC), also commonly referred as ionotropic receptors, are a group of transmembrane ion-channel proteins which open to allow ions such as Na+, K+, Ca2+, and/or Cl− to pass through the membrane in response to the binding of a chemical messenger (i.e. a ligand), such as a neurotransmitter.

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Membrane potential

The term "membrane potential" may refer to one of three kinds of membrane potential.

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Myocyte

A myocyte (also known as a muscle cell) is the type of cell found in muscle tissue.

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Neuromuscular junction

A neuromuscular junction (or myoneural junction) is a chemical synapse formed by the contact between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber.

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Neurotransmitter

Neurotransmitters are endogenous chemicals that enable neurotransmission.

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Summation (neurophysiology)

Summation, which includes both spatial and temporal summation, is the process that determines whether or not an action potential will be triggered by the combined effects of excitatory and inhibitory signals, both from multiple simultaneous inputs (spatial summation), and from repeated inputs (temporal summation).

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Synaptic vesicle

In a neuron, synaptic vesicles (or neurotransmitter vesicles) store various neurotransmitters that are released at the synapse.

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Vertebrate

Vertebrates comprise all species of animals within the subphylum Vertebrata (chordates with backbones).

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Action potential and Excitatory postsynaptic potential Comparison

Action potential has 263 relations, while Excitatory postsynaptic potential has 32. As they have in common 15, the Jaccard index is 5.08% = 15 / (263 + 32).

References

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