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action potentials

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000074

Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the cell membrane of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000074
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsnerve impulses; spike potentials
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2012; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsomembrane potential
TranslationsSpanish: potenciales de acción
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000074",
  "term": "action potentials",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the cell membrane of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli.",
  "synonyms": [
    "nerve impulses",
    "spike potentials"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "membrane potential"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "potenciales de acción"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/action-potentials/"
}

Record 74 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.