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What are graded potentials?

Posted July 3, 2024


Answer

Graded potentials and action potentials are both transient electrical signals that transmit information in nerve cells. present or not. Their amplitude and intensity remain constant. They do not lose their strength as they are transmitted across the neuron. 

Additional resources

Double peak sensory nerve action potentials to single stimuli in nerve conduction studies

Cell/Cytoplasmic Membrane Potential Activity & Analysis

Screen Quest™ Membrane Potential Assay Kit *Red Fluorescence*