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Action Potentials
MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
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Action Potentials
Tree Number(s)
G04.580.100
G07.265.675.100
G11.561.570.100
Unique ID
D000200
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000200
Annotation
do not confuse with
SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS
see
SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
Scope Note
Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the
CELL MEMBRANE
of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli.
Entry Term(s)
Nerve Impulses
Spike Potentials
Previous Indexing
Electrophysiology (1966)
See Also
Neural Conduction
Public MeSH Note
68
History Note
68(67)
Date Established
1968/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2016/01/15
Allowable Qualifiers
drug effects (DE)
ethics (ES)
genetics (GE)
immunology (IM)
physiology (PH)
radiation effects (RE)
Cell Physiological Phenomena [G04]
Membrane Potentials [G04.580]
Action Potentials [G04.580.100]
Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial [G04.580.550]
Synaptic Potentials [G04.580.887]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Electrophysiological Phenomena [G07.265]
Membrane Potentials [G07.265.675]
Action Potentials [G07.265.675.100]
Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial [G07.265.675.550]
Myoelectric Complex, Migrating [G07.265.675.775]
Synaptic Potentials [G07.265.675.887]
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena [G11]
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena [G11.561]
Membrane Potentials [G11.561.570]
Action Potentials [G11.561.570.100]
Myoelectric Complex, Migrating [G11.561.570.837]
Synaptic Potentials [G11.561.570.918]
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Action Potentials
Preferred
Concept UI
M0000303
Scope Note
Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the
CELL MEMBRANE
of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli.
Terms
Action Potentials
Preferred Term
Term UI
T000577
Date
01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1967)
Spike Potentials
Related
Concept UI
M0000304
Terms
Spike Potentials
Preferred Term
Term UI
T000578
Date
10/10/1996
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1998)
Nerve Impulses
Related
Concept UI
M0492952
Terms
Nerve Impulses
Preferred Term
Term UI
T662254
Date
12/15/2005
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2007)
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