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Electrical Activity of Neurons

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This tutorial describes how neurons generate action potentials, and how scientists measure neuronal activity and record the firing of individual neurons.

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Version 1.0 - published on 01 Jul 2019 doi:10.25334/1CTM-GJ51 - cite this

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  1. Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive
  2. Anatomy & Physiology
  3. Nervous system
  4. Cell communication

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Neurons encode information with electrical signals, such as action potentials. They transmit that information to other neurons through synapses. This Click & Learn describes these processes in more detail, shows how they can be measured using microelectrodes, and displays experimental results using graphs of neuron potential or voltage.

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