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Action Potentials: Generation and Propagation

2020· other· en· W1553012382 on OpenAlexaff
Mohamed A. Fouda, Peter C. Ruben

Bibliographic record

VenueEncyclopedia of Life Sciences · 2020
Typeother
Languageen
FieldNeuroscience
TopicNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Canadian institutionsSimon Fraser University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMembrane potentialIon channelBiophysicsVoltage-gated ion channelSodium channelCardiac action potentialExocytosisResting potentialVentricular action potentialChemistryElectrochemical gradientElectrophysiologyMembraneLight-gated ion channelRepolarizationBiologyNeuroscienceSodiumBiochemistry

Abstract

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Abstract All cells maintain a voltage across their plasma membranes. However, only excitable cells can generate action potentials, the rapid transient changes in membrane potential that spread along the surface of these unique cells. Action potential generation and propagation occur through and is regulated by, the function of voltage‐gated ion channels. These channels are proteins with ion‐selective pores that span the cell membrane. Ion channels undergo changes in their structural conformation in response to changes in the electrical field across the membrane. These structural changes cause the opening of the channels' pores through which ions can flow down their electrochemical gradient. The charge carried by ions creates an electrical current and rapidly alters the membrane potential with time and voltage‐dependent properties. This rapid, transient membrane potential change is called the action potential. Action potentials transmit information within neurons, trigger contractions within muscle cells, and lead to exocytosis in secretory cells. Key Concepts Rapid changes in membrane ion permeabilities generate action potentials. Ion channels are transmembrane proteins that control the passage of ions. Voltage‐gated sodium ion channels play a crucial role in the development of action potential. Action potential is ‘all or none’ response. Refractory Period is the time when it is physiologically impossible to elicit another action potential. Action potential propagation changes in a ‘day/night’ dependent manner ‘circadian rhythm’.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Other · Consensus signal: Other
Teacher disagreement score0.028
Threshold uncertainty score0.094

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0040.002
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0280.015

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.080
GPT teacher head0.330
Teacher spread0.250 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreOther

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2020
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