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The 94 pages that link to Action potential, each with the reason it gives.

• ElectroencephalographyNarrower topic: Neural action potentials contribute to brain activity, though scalp EEG mainly reflects synchronized postsynaptic currents.

• ElectromyographyNarrower topic: Muscle electrical recordings arise from action potentials in muscle fibers.

• Deep brain stimulationNarrower topic: Electrical stimulation interacts with neural signaling, though DBS does not simply switch neurons on or off.

• MechanoreceptionNarrower topic: Sensory receptor activity can be carried to the nervous system as trains of these electrical impulses.

• Motor neuronNarrower topic: Motor neurons encode outgoing commands as electrical impulses.

• Retinal ganglion cellNarrower topic: Ganglion cells encode retinal output as action potentials rather than graded photoreceptor potentials.

• Synaptic vesicleNarrower topic: The arriving action potential opens calcium channels that initiate release.

• White matterNarrower topic: White-matter pathways conduct action potentials between distant neural regions.

• Hodgkin–Huxley modelNarrower topic: The model reproduces the shape and propagation of this electrical event.

• Saltatory conductionNarrower topic: Saltatory conduction is a specialized way of propagating action potentials along axons.

• Andrew HuxleyNarrower topic: The model explains the electrical event Huxley investigated.

• Electric fishNarrower topic: Nerve signals trigger electric-organ activity and carry sensory information.

• Joseph ErlangerNarrower topic: Erlanger’s recordings measured the action potentials traveling along nerve fibers.

• Herbert Spencer GasserNarrower topic: Gasser and Erlanger studied the action potentials traveling through nerve fibers.

• Refractory period (neurophysiology)Narrower topic: The refractory interval begins as the action potential passes and its ion channels recover.